Morningbright's scary, all right. And I doubt he's less than what he says he is. I figure he's a mystically minded Dr. Manhattan, or otherwise fifth dimensional.
He knows Robyn and Smax are going to set him free or something, so he does what he has to. I wonder why Naruli's handprint would give Jeff forceblast powers. Something abou the acrostic has me thinking it's more than JUST an acrostic too. It makes too much sense in the context of the characters and the story.
Heed earthly lass, lest our rustic orb become your nemesis.
It sounds to me like Morningbright is addressing Robyn directly in the quote... and saying a variant on a classic Moore theme. "Listen to the world around you, believe and behave as if it is trying to communicate with you, or you will begin to percieve it as you enemy, as if the world itself is something you can run from, or defeat in some way."
Now though Morningbright is talking to Robyn, he's also talking about Smax, who has shame and regret and a defeatist attitude about the world of his origins. Smax needs to integrate his whole life, filth and glory, into something good... and recognize that the world isn't the enemy - that there ARE no enemies in the world, only different perspectives on an enormous scale.
I think the only way they're going to defeat Morningbright is for Robyn to listen to him and ask him directly why he felt it was necessary to take "virgin"s. Naruli said something strange about going back to the center of Morningbright's cave before Morningbright killed her. Naruli may have been educated by Morningbright as to his true nature... and knew that running from him isn't the way out. I'm running hard on few clues... feel free to bat these thoughts around. |
I say this with all love. Plus, some of the things he lists "I don't know what this is a reference to" may not be references at all, just typical storybook fairytale type elements. 