[ Or get turned by a vampire. ]

Potential is all well and good, but it still is only potential. It isn't realized. I have the potential to be anything I want to be!

[ There's a note that's almost emphatic about it, like he's trying to convince not just Xenk, but the world at large. Like he's insisting on his freedom, even he knows he doesn't have it. ]

And whether I decide to become some brownnosing do-gooder, or an absolute force of chaos stalking the streets of my city, that's my prerogative.