A wizard am I, whom many dread, With power like a God. So come with me to yonder bed, And see my mighty rod. - Jim C. Hines

This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking," snapped Jackson. "We don't know if Isaac is capable of any of this."
"He believes he is," said Bi Wei.
"I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies," Jackson shot back. "That doesn't make it true.

You mean you just let him go?"
"What did you want me to do?" I snapped. "Castrate him on the spot? Execute him?"
"Both. Both is good.

Better the lesser of two oddities.