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And if we don't would you then want him to go through with it?
It's not a real challenge, otherwise.
It is a challenge whether or not we get rewarded/punished for success/failure.
Emphasis on "real". That was meant to evoke Ishtar's way of thinking in Just another day in utopia.
Yes. We can earn our happy ending.