“What’s the point of anything, Silene? Why does anything have to have a point, or make sense, or have worth, or anything like that? Why can’t it just merely exist?” He shook his head, taking a big gulp of the liquor and handing the bottle to her. “Humans are obsessed with putting prices and worth on anything. Valuing and devaluing things that were never meant for them to value or devalue. Anything for the sake of greed, right? Anything for the sake of power? Ingrained on them from the very first breath they take.”
