“What have we done to deserve this?” Sevan lamented. “Why are the gods punishing us? Am I so bad?”
“Do you think the gods are bothered whether you are good or bad?” asked Ay-ttho. “And what good have you ever done? Have you fed the hungry? Helped the poor? Even if there were gods, they’re hardly going to single you out for special treatment.”
“Then what is the point of anything?”
“There is no point, Sevan.”
“Then why bother?”
“We bother because we are all part of the universe and if we harm any part of the universe we are harming ourselves.”
“Since when did you become so profound?”
“There’s a lot you don’t know about me, Sevan.”
“So what are we going to do then?”
“What can we do? Our ship has gone. Ron is not responding. There’s not much we can do except wait and hope we regain co
