And for Cabal? He could not even begin to guess how many lives he had caused to be lost or ruined directly or indirectly since he had begun his great project. On the other hand, he had certainly saved the world at least once so, on balance, he was fairly sure that made him the hero. Flawed, certainly, but he seemed to recall that both Ulysses and Jason of ancient legend could be utter arses when the mood took them; he was probably some sort of paragon in comparison.

