Order is its own reward.

This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.

Only so much can be borne from men, so much from gods

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.

Shed your mortal skin and let me take you beneath the waves.

Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised before the fact. Allegiance must be earned so it will hold, win or lose.

If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?