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[nightmarist]

[Ronan's drunk. Of course he is. Inebriation is a necessary requirement when it comes to Ronan addressing the network at large, though he still handles himself better than 99% of the population on alcohol. He'd draped lazily across a hammock somewhere outdoors, a whiskey bottle cradled under one arm, his mohawk hanging limp and sticking to his sweaty face. His cheeks are rosy either with drink or sunburn.]

What's it like to meet your maker, anyway? As long as we're talking about fathers and gods and artificial intelligence. Like, did you ever meet yours? Not your dad. Your god, I mean. Was it disappointing? Because I think...

[Wherever that was going, he gets distracted and changes course.]

How do you be a good one, huh? Do you fucking... I don't know... answer prayers? Is it just the miracle thing? Is the making the thing or is it all the stuff that comes after? The taking care of, the guidance. Whatever.

I'm not being philosophical here, man. I'm talking practical. The steps to being a not-completely-shitty creator.

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[aberrant_type]

Nope.

[nightmarist]

Good.

[aberrant_type]

So! What's on your mind to make you ask that? Are you thinking about how to balance acting in your own self-interest with helping others?

[nightmarist]

I've been called selfish before, for staying out of everyone's business and not spending all my time solving the world's problems. Which is fair, but I don't think people would appreciate my meddling as much as they'd assume.

[aberrant_type]

Are you worried about some scenario in particular? Because I’d say there’s a balance to be found there.

[nightmarist]

I don't think there is. If I grant one wish, the next person will wonder why I'm not granting theirs. And eventually someone will come along wondering why anyone else should have their wishes granted at all, when it's so easy to have me all to themselves.

[aberrant_type]

Yes... I can see why you'd worry for such a thing.

Well, individual wishes can be very petty things. If you wished to use your powers to help the world, I'd think in a larger scale... produce things like power sources or food crops that are resistant to disease and drought. One seed, after all, can reproduce once it's grown, so the effort you put in need only be expended once.