Good start, but you missed the big one: we're not supposed to have free will like your kind do. We are what we must be, and change to our fundamental nature is supposed to be impossible.

[ It's said almost as if it were a matter of academic interest, but it starts to unravel as he elaborates. Earnestness and erratic behavior like to go hand in hand with him, though he's dimly aware it might not help his case. ]

But I've been cheating. My last incarnation was destroyed when he thought he could get away from fate, but I think I really can. He got me so far that I can even want that for myself, and I think I know how to get the rest of the way. You're a human, you can do whatever you want. We could pull off the greatest of tricks if we tried.

Do you get it now?