[ sorry to suddenly jump in here, but this is pretty much what he'd been wondering about since the beginning— ]

—Are they, though?

[ the redhead stares blankly into the screen, looking more curious than concerned at the moment, but admittedly it's rather easy to look pretty neutral when you only got one eye to emote with. ]

Suffering, I mean. I mean — yeah, shit sucks right now, but it ain't gonna be tok much of a trial to learn new skills, 'specially when they got plenty of us willing to help out.

[ there's an object that he's rolling between his fingers, a single cigarette stick that he seems to be contemplating. he's down to thirteen now. it ain't a number he's comfortable with. ]

If we jumpstart their volcano and give 'em back their powers that way, won't that still leave 'em god-less?

Worse — won't it just prove they never needed her in the first place?