A world is a world. People live in it. I'm not going to say I have some lofty goal like I'll make sure everyone who lives there is beautiful or their lives will be one big party like some people will.

But I can say I'll make sure it runs right.

Because everyone else is focused on making things that will last forever. But what they don't realize is that nothing should last that long.

You're going to get a job someday, aren't you?

[Ruin's going somewhere with this, promise.]

So, you find a job you like.

Only the person who had that job never leaves it. They stay forever and ever and ever, and there's never room for anything new.

Sometimes things have to come to an end, or else there can't be any progress at all. That's life. ♡

It means it will be functional. Everything and everyone has its time. When that happens, something new will come up in its place.

[Ruin sighs.]

No, silly. I'm going to make a world that works. Some things within the world will end, so that new things rise up in place of them.

I kind of get the feeling that's because you already made up your mind about me before we started talking.

Oh, I'm sure you think you haven't, but everyone has their prejudices. Half the stuff I'm saying, if it wasn't coming from someone named Ruin, you'd be nodding along with and saying, "That makes sense."

Because in my old life, I was willing to destroy things to create something new. ♡

[and there were already too many positive-sounding gods]

I--

[ruin gets cut off again. with a little huff, she stomps her foot.]

Phooey! Apparently it's too soon to say.

I think I'm stuck for now. We're not supposed to share everything about ourselves unless it sways people unfairly. Some of us have more sympathetic backstories than others.

[Ruin huffs.]

But the more time you spend with us, the more we'll be able to say.

It's probably more sympathetic than you think it is. ♡

Mmmmhm.

[Ruin sounds unconvinced.]

Did you have any other questions for me now?