There is no need for me to raise my hopes in this case. I will take the strongest and the most worthy, regardless of their potential in the end. Not all men and women live to their true potential or even a fraction of it. There must be luck coupled with skill and there must be might coupled with endurance. Those who do not survive were never meant to survive.

[The beliefs of a King who unified the world. It was clear that Gilgamesh more closely represented a Spartan than anyone might have imagined. Except for the fact that he didn't slaughter the young, he did in fact demand a lot of his people.]