[ He seems surprised to admit it himself as he watches the youths gather to ohhh and ahhh over the divine updates. Conditions have improved in the past decades. Injuries still happen, obviously, and they aren't immune to the odd plague every couple of centuries despite his efforts - but... ]
... it's something. To ease their hardships, even if only by a small amount.
[ Their lives are so, so short. He thinks of what he had been like early on. How he would think of them like ants, if he thought of them at all.
He doesn't like that version of himself anymore. This is better. ]
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... I suppose I have.
[ He seems surprised to admit it himself as he watches the youths gather to ohhh and ahhh over the divine updates. Conditions have improved in the past decades. Injuries still happen, obviously, and they aren't immune to the odd plague every couple of centuries despite his efforts - but... ]
... it's something. To ease their hardships, even if only by a small amount.
[ Their lives are so, so short. He thinks of what he had been like early on. How he would think of them like ants, if he thought of them at all.
He doesn't like that version of himself anymore. This is better. ]