Mar had also had the good fortune to live on a world where a confluence of factors and sheer grit had made some of his extreme optimism pay off in spades.

"I think 'elements, please don't go crazy from anger and start causing us untold misery' is a goal we can safely ascribe to them. So at least you're not trying to wrangle the elements of the entire continent of Kalimdor by yourself. That's something, right?"