User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-31414651-20180418111931/@comment-4867780-20180419070554

I get the clear feeling that ambition (the desire for achievements and the matching glory) is actually the product of one's own limitations, the urge to push them back as far as we can and "show them all" that we are a lot more than we were given credit for, and to ultimately challenge even our own finiteness and the embrace of oblivion, by achieving something so impressive that all later generations will have no choice but to stand awestruck about and forever admire us for it.

Lawrence on the other hand is a truly eternal being that nothing can ever threaten or even remotely compare to, who can (and routinely does) create many worlds vastly better than (according to his human standards anyway) almost any he could possibly encounter, and generally achieve pretty much anything he wants without any effort. So the very concept of ambition is somewhat foreign to him, since it has little to no relevance in his life.

Another key factor is his high valuation of free-will, and the fact that taking charge of a world (even for the greater good) would essentially amount to seizing control of its people's fate in a painfully artificial way, which would ruin the self-determining authenticity that makes all the charm of foreign planes, not to mention Lawrence simply isn't quite altruistic enough to take responbility for the happiness of complete strangers ^ ^;

Despite all this however, his keen interest for women and their fertile enjoyment gradually lead to many children who increasing root his concern into their native worlds, and build up a vested interest for their populations' well-being. He thus educates and train said children to productively use their gifts for the good of the communities they belong to, slowly building together a better world for themselves and their descendants, and improving it further from the inside with each passing generation, while Selforge Soldiers watch over them from the shadows and methodically neutralie any danger and obstacle along the way.

So while Lawrence lacks the ambition and/or ideals for benevolent imperialism, he still gets indirectly involved in the fate of a great many worlds in a natural and highly beneficial long-term way that preserves this "by the people for the people" authentic self-determination.

Thanks again for your appreciation ^ ^