Ebony Maw Full Speech
Rejoice, children of earth. Your savior has arrived! Your world is in great danger, but the Black Order is here to save you.
It saddens me to tell you that planet has been invaded by aliens. Outsiders, parasitic beings from another world have made themselves at home, right here (taps head) in your skulls. That's what your powers are: borrowed, dangerous, and not truly your own.
The Outsiders robbed your people of your destiny when they gave you these "gifts". The powers you wield are far greater than anything mortals were meant to possess. Tell me, what do you think happens to the life expectancy of a civilization when they have the power to destroy each other with a thought?
If you saw a child playing with a loaded gun, would you not take it away from them? You don't do it to be cruel to the child, you do it because the child is not fit to handle such a dangerous object.
That is how it is for us. These powers make your kind a threat not only to yourselves, but to the rest of the universe as well. We are here to set you free from the Outsiders. They seek to enslave you, you know. They grant you powers, yes; but you think they take nothing in return?
You, Abraham. Oh how you tried to be a good Christian. But no matter how much you wanted to, you just couldn't suppress your fascination with parahumans; and it eventually got you banished. You lost your home, your family, everything. All because you can't stop thinking about forbidden subjects like parahumans..
But what if I told you that the part of you that did that, that drove you to rebel against the community you love, isn't even really you at all, but the Outsider in your brain? That the voice in your head that demands the secular is not truly of your own mind.
If the beliefs you grew up on are right, your exile means your soul is damned now; and it's all because of the Outsider. Living in your skull and amusing itself with your misfortune.
And you, Johnny. Did you ever wonder why everyone else in your family is so perfect, but you just can't stay out of trouble? Ever wonder why you still can't properly control your power, despite all your experience? What if I told you that your Outsider is sabotaging you. That it thinks your life is boring, so it's always nudging you to do things that will create chaos? That it refuses to cooperate when you need it most, because it finds your failures amusing?
So I ask you both; why are you fighting me instead of helping me stop this from happening to anyone else? Now come, help me find Miss Alcott so I can invite her to her glorious destiny as nothing less than the savior of this planet. She, along with the rest of the twelve, will reveal the path to the Secret Sea; and with it we will right the wrongs that the Outsiders have done to your planet.
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