Dio Vaati

"I wish to show you my latest 'creations'. Come."

Mr. Smith stepped over the nude, prone, and oftentimes bitten bodies of the women and men Dio had tired of this night and looked down at the paper Dio indicated with a sweeping gesture of his hand.

"The first is—

☾ Vaati

"Once a minuscule being, no larger than a 'thumbnail', Vaati desired 'more' in his pathetic life. When given the extraordinary ability to have his wishes 'realized', he became a cruel and monstrous 'wizard' who enslaved the people of 'his world'. An admirable metaphor for modern man, and a grim chronicle of the progress of humanity. I believe the 'heart' motif rather brings the ensemble together, don't you?"

Mr. Smith said nothing and gave no sign of acceptance or rejection. It was this quality that Dio preferred in him.

- Voeltz Semi-Finals