But you are His son. You undertake this deed with regret. A
son should not have to kill his father. You had hoped that it
would turn out to be a mistake born of misunderstanding. He
would see, at the last, that you could not be turned from the
path you had chosen, and should not, for that path was
sublime. It would be a revelation to Him. He would stop. He
would submit to you, and this would all be avoided