You know, ive been thinking about it more, and I really like the comparison Halmarut is drawing between the wol and Zenos (he is your mirror, after all.)
Zenos was so good at combat, so physically strong, he could do whatever he wanted. No individual or political entity could stop him. He could win a war for Garlemald, or kill its emperor unopposed. He had the power to determine the fate of the entire world. To destroy it, or save it, depending on if he felt like it.
The warrior of light is the same. Are you sure your motivations are pure and altruistic? Do you know youre doing the 'right thing?' Or are you just chasing what makes you feel good... doing whatever you want because nobody can stop you... just like he did?
Halmarut knows she cant stop you. If every other Ascian failed, what hope does a sundered one + a dozen randoms from other worlds have. Idk if she really believes she can reason with you. You are supposed to represent the best of mankind, the beings she loves and admires, but you are always outside it. Above it. Something else. Does she see you as one of the humans she loves, or some godlike being who will determine mankinds fate, where all she can do is pray to it to make the right choice. Idk, I find her really interesting.
And I like that even if Zenos isnt here physically, he is still here in what he represents. The wol thinks about him a lot, and the game doesnt dictate what you are thinking about in your own head, which makes me wonder what it is. Are you worried you will become like him? Resentful that even in death you cant escape him? Do you miss him, and long for the friendship or love you could have had, if only he could see reason? Are you doing the same thing to Halmarut? Is the fact that you couldnt save him representative of the fact that you cant save every reflection? That even the two of you, so powerful as to kill gods and change fate, cant escape things like death or being wrong?
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