" - you're right, sorry, I don't need a diamond, just a wording, I have the Wish myself. The reason I want to do it today is that it seems to me you have tied yourself up into an utterly absurd knot around how story logic says not just that you should do this instead of doing something more limited but also likelier to succeed, but also about how story logic says that you should do it much sooner than when is optimal for the odds of it going well, and I can't - I can't respect a story where you're supposed to rush ahead and do something you haven't thought through before you're ready. In any real story, that ends with Yog-Sothoth eating everybody. And I can't respect a person who thinks that way. 

And, in order to have as much time as possible working with a thinking Keltham who I respect before the deadline, I think I should not wait until the last minute to blow up Cheliax; if I wait that long, you're not progressing on six-month or one-year challenge-Pharasma plans in the interim. I think I should just get it over with and blow up Cheliax today. Even if there's a 90% failure mode where the Wish actually destroys much much more than that, that's clearly worth it to have you wait six months on your challenge-Pharasma plans. 

I'm not asking permission, to be clear. I believe this is in your interests and I am planning to do it this afternoon, though I'll of course spend a couple hours thinking about it first."

" - you're right, sorry, I don't need a diamond, just a wording, I have the Wish myself. The reason I want to do it today is that it seems to me you have tied yourself up into an utterly absurd knot around how story logic says not just that you should do this instead of doing something more limited but also likelier to succeed, but also about how story logic says that you should do it much sooner than when is optimal for the odds of it going well, and I can't - I can't respect a story where you're supposed to rush ahead and do something you haven't thought through before you're ready. In any real story, that ends with Yog-Sothoth eating everybody. And I can't respect a person who thinks that way. 

And, in order to have as much time as possible working with a thinking Keltham who I respect before the deadline, I think I should not wait until the last minute to blow up Cheliax; if I wait that long, you're not progressing on six-month or one-year challenge-Pharasma plans in the interim. I think I should just get it over with and blow up Cheliax today. Even if there's a 90% chance of a failure mode where the Wish actually destroys much much more than that, that's clearly worth it to have you wait six months on your challenge-Pharasma plans. 

I'm not asking permission, to be clear. I believe this is in your interests and I am planning to do it this afternoon, though I'll of course spend a couple hours thinking about it first."

" - you're right, sorry, I don't need a diamond, just your acknowledging this as a allowable use of the Wishes I already have, and ideally a wording but I'll do that myself if needed.  The reason I want to do it today is that it seems to me you have tied yourself up into an utterly absurd knot around how story logic says not just that you should do this instead of doing something more limited but also likelier to succeed, but also about how story logic says that you should do it much sooner than when is optimal for the odds of it going well, and I can't - I can't respect a story where you're supposed to rush ahead and do something you haven't thought through before you're ready. In any real story, that ends with Yog-Sothoth eating everybody. And I can't respect a person who thinks that way. 

And, in order to have as much time as possible working with a thinking Keltham who I respect before the deadline, I think I should not wait until the last minute to blow up Cheliax; if I wait that long, you're not progressing on six-month or one-year challenge-Pharasma plans in the interim. I think I should just get it over with and blow up Cheliax today. Even if there's a 90% chance of a failure mode where the Wish actually destroys much much more than that, that's clearly worth it to have you wait six months on your challenge-Pharasma plans. 

 I believe this is in your interests and I am planning to do it this afternoon, though I'll of course spend a couple hours thinking about it first."

" - you're right, sorry, I don't need a diamond, just your acknowledging this as a allowable use of the Wishes I already have, and ideally a wording but I'll recruit Fe-Anar and we'll figure something out ourselves if needed.  The reason I want to do it today is that it seems to me you have tied yourself up into an utterly absurd knot around how story logic says not just that you should do this instead of doing something more limited but also likelier to succeed, but also about how story logic says that you should do it much sooner than when is optimal for the odds of it going well, and I can't - I can't respect a story where you're supposed to rush ahead and do something you haven't thought through before you're ready. In any real story, that ends with Yog-Sothoth eating everybody. And I can't respect a person who thinks that way. 

And, in order to have as much time as possible working with a thinking Keltham who I respect before the deadline, I think I should not wait until the last minute to blow up Cheliax; if I wait that long, you're not progressing on six-month or one-year challenge-Pharasma plans in the interim. I think I should just get it over with and blow up Cheliax today. Even if there's a 90% chance of a failure mode where the Wish actually destroys much much more than that, that's clearly worth it to have you wait six months on your challenge-Pharasma plans. 

 I believe this is in your interests and I am planning to do it this afternoon, though I'll of course spend a couple hours thinking about it first."