I cannot help but think that anyone who wants power for those reasons really is not the person I want to have it. - Ryk E. Spoor

Well, like many fanatic creeds, if you accept the basic postulates, you can make a twisted sense out of anything.

Your problem, you pea-brained, overbearing, pompous crayfish, is that you think you have any idea of what you’re dealing with.

So," Simon said slowly, looking around at the others, "the Leader of Humanity is going to risk herself on a ship with a sometimes devious ally, traveling to some secret destination in the Deeps of the Arena, to confront some nameless force where there won't even be a Sky Gate to help us return if things go wrong?
He stood and lifted his glass. "Sign me up, Captain!