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[devilofaboy]

[At least he could do video so he could properly express his disdain for this situation. If it hadn't been an option he might have just suffered in silence. As it was, everyone else was going to have to suffer him being understandably upset.

He was seated at the kitchen table and from off-screen came occasional bird noises, throaty raven sounds to be specific, but he didn't spare the bird a glance.]

These robots are a little too uncanny valley for my tastes.

[He could kind of see the appeal, but he would never want to be a robot himself.]

If their gods can bring people here, why can't their gods fix their world?

[It was easier to think of it like that than think about what any kind of God saw in him.

There was a clatter from off-screen and he looked over, pointing in the direction of the noise.]

Knock it off.

[He looked back at the camera.]

And we're supposed to believe that the power of love is going to save everyone?

[It sounded like a fairytale, something nice that you told kids before bed instead of the truth, that the world was a terrible, cold place.]

Comments

[necromanswers]

The short version, I'd wager, is that the magic required to move one thing that already exists to another place is easier than manifesting something real out of nothing.

The shorter version is that no one's 100% sure.

[This place has been built on "benefit of the doubt" at this point.]

[5thchild]

Do you not believe in "the power of love"?

[pinkxeno]

The world is getting better by doing just that, tho.

[wakemelater]

I think you're overestimating how powerful gods actually are. I've never known one that didn't need someone else to do their dirty work for them.

[brokeforgood]

It sounds like bullshit, right? Like, some creepy excuse so they can watch people smooch and hold hands. It’s like “Okay, we get it robots, youre into some weird stuff, just be honest!” [She laughs at her own joke.]

It’s not so bad here. People are nice, and there’s not any murder, and all the weirdness is just annoying, not super dangerous.