The other lords immediately roared out, but then grew surprised when Ryuk turned to them in quiet confusion.
"Why? Is it that surprising?" he asked, as if startled by their uproars.
"You just accused Lord Asgard of such a grievous—" Lord Valkhar began, but Lord Asgard raised his hand, silencing him.
But Ryuk still picked it up.
"So you still think an infant being sliced to pieces is a grievous crime, huh? And here I thought all of you had gone insane," he mused quietly, turning to Lord Asgard, who replied:
"And why would you think that?"
"Because to me, it's the quickest way."
"Let Knull get rid of one of their anomalies while he's still an infant, and only an infant will die instead of billions."
"In essence, you're certainly giving one life away to save a potential billion, all without personally staining your own hands with blood."
"Who but a fool would say no to such a thing?" he said, resuming his playing with the ball.
