The lesson to take from this for local-Grayeven, Just because parallel version is 'soft pedaling' the primitives doesn't mean he is 'soft' or incapable of taking 'harsh' measures when provoked
The Renegade is a good man, under everything- the ring-reinforced "I-h-has-a-shitty- week-and-want-to-punch-my-boss" aggressive/frustrated mentality aside-
not a -nice- man,quite offen,or an especially patient one, but he has that trait the most dangerous of "good people" who's are more invested in making their world better then pumping their ego (even if they enjoy doing so)have-
push him far enough, get him genuinely enraged/ afraid for his loved ones, the grandstanding, grandiose dramatics, the chances to surrender vanish, and he reaches for the biggest weapon in his arsenal to make the world a better place- and him and his safer....
unless "budget Gravy" (he comes in granules now!) gets very lucky, the smug, grandstanding idiot is about to literally get get his soul cored like an Apple- and he has systematically alienated himself from literally -anyone- willing or capable of putting his soul/emotional matrix back together.
as Stephan king once wrote:
no great loss.
if iseem very harsh ,from my current (tired) POV, OG Grayven 50 is, literally, pathetic- a MORTAL (in mindset) playing at being a god dispite being born a god, whilst the Renegade intuitively understood this dispite living an entire life as a mortal-soft power/conquest is superior over time, hard conquest/ unnecessary armed conflict means an increased risk of death- both of them literally have eternity!
why rush and risk overreaching when you can take your time to solidify your power and reach ( whilst still making progress- not brooding on other people's couches like a certain someone in the memes does)- does it matter if earth is entirely theirs in a week,in smoking ruins, or in a century with far less work needed to fortify it, and the crown laid willingly at their feet?
A true General- a true Warlord thinks in the strategic as well as the tactical-is setting himself up to potentially fight the reach/the guardians if they realise the white entity is in range if someone who might have access to antilife (depending on Intel) really worth that shiny, green-blue rock daddy was so obsessed with?
honestly this version of gravy, well.... feels like a petty thug who lucked into cosmic powers and a shiny warship that was a hands-me-down from daddy- day what you want about the Renegade, but he's FOUGHT for what he has, and learnt from his mistakes, at least some of them....
So... how does Sunset's armor handle a vacuum?
Oh, I'm positive the armour will be fine!
