[Kurapika shakes his head.] You won't be the first person I've heard talking like that. [He looks a bit sad, and confused, that someone so apparently wise and gentle would have opinions that don't run completely parallel with their purpose here.]

I just thought that it would be fairly simple--get stronger as quickly as possible, add combative units to their forces, tip the scales in their favor long enough for them to win... [The last is said in a soft mutter, like he's talking more to himself than to anyone--and then he looks up, and with a visible effort tries to continue the conversation, but it's clear that he's distracted, as if he's struggling to process thoughts that have never occurred to him before.] I guess that means you won't be fighting on the front lines, then?