It's your choice, in the end...

"..."

<You know, it's more exciting if you press the button.>

"And if I press the button, countless die needlessly."

<And if you don't, they continue to live their happy, boring little lives. Mindlessly working away at a hard-set schedule, never truly knowing what it's like to live.>

"Hm. Press the button for a short-fused firework, or leave it for a long-lasting incense."

<Of course, in the end, it is your choice. But please, within this millennia. The third option is just evil, for both of us.>