[ She listens hungrily to the Trader's answers, having hoped to get some firm answers, but in the end, she isn't surprised that there is no clear one. As he says, the Singularity doesn't communicate much better with gods than it does with people. But they're still full of power that was given by it, and in a long lifespan too that had to be a part of that connection. ]

I don't remember much before I came here, but I know I came here seeking a purpose. Looking for my path.

[ It may explain why her dominion ended up where it did, or at least open to interpretation wise, why she perceived her abilities a certain way. That could be why she takes it so personally when humans go down the wrong paths, because she was much like them, and this is the purpose she chose. She isn't like the others, she was not mortal, she was already going to live for thousands of years. But the Singularity felt at her. ]

I think it must have chosen us, otherwise the others would have died long ago. Unless there is another explanation for how they outlived their mortality.