[ He's not wrong. Wicka is increasingly hard on herself. She sees failure in humans but it's also a reflection of her own inner problems. She takes the cookie because he offered and politely chews on it. Although the simple act of calming down and having a moment with him has been helpful. There's turmoil within her but it's soothed, at least for this talk. ]

I care a great deal. I want them to succeed. I want them to live their best lives.

[ That is why she tries so hard to keep them on the best paths, but she can't actually make their choices for them. All she can do is watch. Wicka remembers in the back of her mind that there were people who had power before, who abandoned their post or didn't take it seriously, and she loathed them for that. ]

Did the Singularity choose us? That's what I've always assumed, but I guess I don't know for sure, how this all happened.