A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
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“Every living thing causes damage to others,
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the paradox is that the ecosystem as a whole needs its participants to act with restraint in order to avoid collapse, but the participants themselves have no inbuilt mechanism to encourage such behavior.”
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the Child Gods aren’t actively involved in our lives. They’re … not like that. They can’t break the Parent Gods’ laws. They provide inspiration, not intervention. If we want change, or good fortune, or solace, we have to create it for ourselves.
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You are not separate or other. You’re an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is.