Perhaps the strongest argument for your case would have been [quote]Activate LOKI CROWN Perform deniable authorization: full caedometric and noetic release Prevent [O] departure by any means available Stand by for effect assessment criteria: Coerce pseudoaltruistic [O] defensive action. Defer civilization kill.[/quote] The more I look at this transcript, the more I begin to believe in your conjecture. [spoiler]It is, after all, only conjecture, as theory would imply that we had more evidence to support this.[/spoiler] Particularly [quote]Coerce pseudoaltruistic [O] defensive action.[/quote] As if the Traveler believes or wants to believe it is its own will to fight here. [quote]Unless... you are being pushed.[/quote] Pushed from both sides, perhaps.