Neal AsherIt all came back to human time and utterly human impulses: in the end, gods did not appreciate godlike power, but humans did.
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It all came back to human time and utterly human impulses: in the end, gods did not appreciate godlike power, but humans did. There was no subduing the forces in nature. No matter how powerful or inhumane, nature always won in the end. The freedom to make our own choices is all we ever really had.
Source: Polity Agent
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