[ Alice nods. She can understand that. She almost cut humanity off from all of magic based on a thought like that, although in the end, the decision had been based in fear and pain. This sounds different. ]

Better you having it than someone else. At least you understand the consequences. Imagine someone using that to control an entire group of people.

[ @ Everett, you fucker. One man sought to become a god, and at such a cost. ...at such a cost. Maybe people would say one life isn't much in the grand scheme of things, but Quentin meant everything to her. Life is... it's fucked up, and it's beautiful, and it's so much more, rolled into one. ]