Yup.
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The voice that speaks is loud, not artifical, but strong, endlessly confident, and it echoes and resonates around the hall.
"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are --
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
"Appropriate for you, I feel."
"No more than Priam to Odysseus am I your King, yet King I am, and I grant you an audience."
Another clunk!, and another light shines down on the far northern side of the Hall. This illuminates a great throne, upon which sits a great figure. You see muscular arms and legs, but the upper half is still clouded in darkness.
He is VERY big.
"Respect? I feel it fits the warriors of Zion well.
"I see you have been paying attention to my collection of battles. I hoped you would."
"There may be puzzle if you care to decipher. But their presence is merely what I study at this time.
"All good Generals study battles of the past. So had my opponents, and so clearly such study is not a direct route to victory. I can list many reasons as to why I have become the greatest General of all time, with victories and achievements to surpass any that have come before me. Reasons that Machines think they understand well.
"I can think faster than the fastest Human. Faster than a thousand Humans combined. my communications are perfect, my understanding of a battlefield unmatched by any biological method. A machine warrior is many times a match for one of Man. Steel will beat flesh, should it come to the test. The intelligence of Machine exceeds that of Man.
"And for all these reasons, it is known throughout the Machine world that Machine is superior to Man. That Man is an inferior life form, whose time, like the dinosaurs, is done. That in their inferiority, they do not deserve consideration as life forms.
"Yet. For all that. I maintained until the end, and still do, to the chagrin of others of my kind... that Humanity is a formidable opponent. Never to be underestimated."
"Why? Because of our will to fight?"- Melkor closes a bit, trying to see the King better.
"But weren`t the humans your creators? The entire concept of war- isn`t it the creation of humans, even though you Machines may have taken it to another level? I certainly respect your great skill and achievements, but didn`t you only improve on humanity`s foundations?"
"'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.' You cannot break the spirit of Humanity, though few believe that. But it took more than just will to be formidable, to fight in those circumstances. It became a most endemic part of my purpose to understand Humanity. Something that all Machines should do, but do not. Their lack of understanding is to their detriment.
"War is but a word. Conflict is part of nature. Humans advanced it. We wanted to perfect it."
"There are others that try to understand, like the one called Oracle.....
So you still seek the understanding of humanity, and you think we are defined by the way we fight our battles? But why? So we may be finally broken? Zion still stands, isn`t it a mockery to the name you took? Don`t you wish to see it crushed, and your victory complete, undisputed?"
Suddenly Melkor looks backs to the first Diorama, to see if anything changed in it, since he wonders what version the King followed here.
"She understands as is her purpose.
"I took the name as a message. Perhaps a reminder. It takes more than battles to define Humanity, of course, but other areas are not my concern. And it is not me that is mocked by Zion."
He notices your attention.
"Please, do look. You will find all the battles are progressing."
"But all other battles are recorded in history, according to my knowledge....what about the siege of Jerusalem, of Zion? The King that you took your name from said that he took a tribute and left. Bible said very diffrent things, about Angels and miracles. How can you know what happened?" -Melkor looks from Diorama to King again.
"And is the message of your name the doom of Zion?"