[ She bites the inside of her lip thoughtfully, appearing to genuinely consider his question. This is truly the first time she's ever been asked something quite so open-ended about their situation, and she has never really condensed her thoughts on the subject before. Her brow furrows a little as she takes a sip, then swallows and nods a little. ]

Okay, yeah. Yeah, actually. I think it's important that we all know that the Singularity is not our enemy. It just ain't. Some people seem to think it's the Singularity's fault we're here, or we're stuck, or that weird shit sometimes happens. That the Singularity is to blame. It ain't.

[ Julie nods again, this time more decisively, satisfied. ]

Our enemies in this world are the people who actually made the choices. The crown, the Solvunn council, Reiner's whole cabinet. The people in this world who think of us as tools. Includin' everyone who ain't government, like the cult.

[ The Summoned are people, and nearly all of their problems stem from the fact that they are hardly recognized as such. They're weapons and pawns and gods and everything else, except for people. Sure, there's been some magical nonsense, but that lies at the feet of those who are unbalancing the scales, not at the scales themselves. ]

It would do us well to keep that in mind, 'stead of leapin' to blame shit on the Singularity.