Ned and Illyana Hmm. Illyana chewed thoughtfully - that was a good question. Best to think of over food (eating always helped her do her best thinking, in many scenarios). "Very philosophical," he grinned (once she ensured she didn't have anything sugary stuck in her teeth. "I do not know if I want that necessarily - but it's not really about what I want. Plus I am too realistic to think that peace is achievable. People are always going to seek power. Humanity does not learn from their mistakes."
Individual people could change, but the world as a whole? The universe? No. She didn't think so. Besides, Illyana was also certain that the world craved violence as a catharsis to some degree - and chaos. Chaos always broke out. No matter what others did.
"If you try to stop something - go too far in one direction, you just make it more likely to happen anyway."