But I can see how one might guess at such a thing. We have a connection to the Singularity. That monolith isn't a deity, but it has power and everyone seems convinced it decides some level of fate. If we can do that, then why wouldn't gods be off the table, in theory?

[Alucard does not like following out this logic, even if it is rather pointedly straight forward from where he sits. There's an exhale, and Alucard looks around to see if there is a space they could make use of and step off to the side.]

I don't know if understanding how that thought became an all consuming conviction helps us now. It probably doesn't, just as I don't think this will offer real closure through the act of witness.