It is not that Alain thinks Niall desires it, but that it's possible, and whether immortal or not, dragons can be killed. Alain wants none of those risks, that edge of separation, because a soulless dragon would not come back to him, and that is what Alduin will do, consume Niall utterly if he kills him, and Alain knows this, because--!
Because the last Dragonborn and the World-Eater are similar. More than either would like. Two opposite sides of a coin, and so Alain knows what Alduin would do to declare supremacy. There's no forgiveness for sins too repulsive, and everything Niall does with Alain is another of those sins.
Alain will kill Alduin, yes--but there's no guarantee that Niall would not be destroyed in the process.
In a show of emotion unseen and unchecked, Alain lets out a sound of sorrow, dropping his head into his hands. ]
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It is not that Alain thinks Niall desires it, but that it's possible, and whether immortal or not, dragons can be killed. Alain wants none of those risks, that edge of separation, because a soulless dragon would not come back to him, and that is what Alduin will do, consume Niall utterly if he kills him, and Alain knows this, because--!
Because the last Dragonborn and the World-Eater are similar. More than either would like. Two opposite sides of a coin, and so Alain knows what Alduin would do to declare supremacy. There's no forgiveness for sins too repulsive, and everything Niall does with Alain is another of those sins.
Alain will kill Alduin, yes--but there's no guarantee that Niall would not be destroyed in the process.
In a show of emotion unseen and unchecked, Alain lets out a sound of sorrow, dropping his head into his hands. ]