Masquerading minefields

"But then you pushed too far. Then you did not heed our warnings, and the gifts we gave you gave rise to delusions of grandeur. We warned you and we wept for you, and still you paved the way towards this outcome." Ludo spoke quitely and without any of the candor that had previously stained its words. It was as though the Voice had riled it, and now it was taking measures to prevent it happening a second time. Refusing to take the bait, Ludo tilted its head up to regard the stars. "Your kind are made. I hold no disdain for what they were before they were drawn in by your false promises. I will keep them the same as I keep the others, ready to join Mort some day. Yes or no, then?" LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own