Oh good. He gets some water and settles back down. He's not really eager to end up getting sick. He runs through a lot of food himself, but not nearly as much as fire would require. He does need to keep his energy up for the use of aether though.

"Heh. I suppose. I've seen what happens when lines don't move. It's never anything good. You need to be flexible and open to new ideas. The views of other people are important too. And I suppose that's very true - the choice of what an 'acceptable loss' is tends to be very different as well. For some it's none or a few people. On the other side it could be billions, if the end goal is lofty enough." He can't exactly say that the sentiment behind it was wrong, though.