Many great men are also hated. It all depends on perspective. Even if you decide to do something that will improve other people's lots in life, change always hurts someone. Even still, I think that if he turned out to be someone who wasn't what I expected, I would still want to know him.

[Clive wonders if someone will ask about him this way hundreds of years from now. But not Clive as the man. Much like The Founder's legacy has been boiled down, any legacy that Clive leaves behind will likely be the same. It might sting more if part of his motivation to do this was to be remembered, but it stings all the same. In time, he will be forgotten. His actions may remain, but the man will not. Clive sighs quietly and internally shakes the melancholy away as best as he can.]

I'll do my best to not let you down then.

[Clive lightly and briefly brushes his knuckle against Verso's cheek before reaching to grab the cup that he intended to use to rinse the other man off with but aborts mid motion.]

Verso!

[He laughs, splashing his companion lightly.]

I think if you tried that at any party you would get kicked out. Both halves of you.