He had never quite thought of it that way. Possibly because those goals had been his father's and as time progressed he'd become less like his former incarnation and more like himself. And then he had found friendship in the desperate attempt to save what was supposed to be his world, not another's, to conquer. And things changed even more after that.

Or maybe it'd just been a really long time since then and he just hadn't thought about it in nearly as long a time. The modern times were more familiar and seemed to stretch on much farther in his memory. Well. Either way.

"Thank you. I can't imagine returning to such a life at this point. Nor can I remember what brought it to me in the first place... It seems trite now." Especially since 'Piccolo' had remained the dominant personality in his reformation and Kami's title didn't hold any appeal to him anymore. But that was a story for another time, too.