[Gene still sounds kind of spacey.] I can fix it this time...I can do better. [But he makes no move to put on the ring. He's still trembling with the effort to keep from putting it on. The rush of power he'd felt when all ten rings had been reunited on his fingers...it was addictive. He wanted to feel it again. Even though he knew it was wrong, that it wouldn't end well...he wanted it.]
I...
[Just put it on. Accept your birthright. Be the true Mandarin that you deserve to be!
As much as he wants to, he can't. He can't. He knows what will happen if he does. He knows exactly how much he will lose himself in the power of the rings, forget all the lessons he's learned.]
Wǒ xūyào... [He swallows hard, remembers what language he should be speaking.] I need this. [His voice is hoarse, and he finally turns his head to look at Tony. There's something almost like fear in his eyes. He doesn't want to do this, but he can't put it down.]
shut up Elrond, you're not his supervisor
I...
[Just put it on. Accept your birthright. Be the true Mandarin that you deserve to be!
As much as he wants to, he can't. He can't. He knows what will happen if he does. He knows exactly how much he will lose himself in the power of the rings, forget all the lessons he's learned.]
Wǒ xūyào... [He swallows hard, remembers what language he should be speaking.] I need this. [His voice is hoarse, and he finally turns his head to look at Tony. There's something almost like fear in his eyes. He doesn't want to do this, but he can't put it down.]