'Sigh. Calm down. Nothing is final yet. Zuri lived over a hundred years ago. While it is true that that means the time left is even shorter, let's think about it for a second.'
The Successors for all their efforts, never really stood out. If all of them were Formless and had been powerful sons of bitches, that would not be the case. Despite seven of them appearing from each continent every 60 years, they couldn't change the situation.
If the only thing keeping the serpent locked is the lack of malice, they can't be expected to do much about it. It was like those people who kept guessing how long until the world ran out of gas. It was at best an estimate.
'So long as nothing changed, the estimate would eventually come true. But that's where I come in.'
