After a brief, contemplative silence, the girl finally spoke. "Yes, in a sense, we all serve as pawns of the mother universe. But is that not true for everyone, whether in your existence or beyond? Why lament it? What is it that truly troubles you? What made you upset?"
Rudy's silence spoke volumes as he grappled with these revelations.
"Everyone who is born and lives will ultimately meet death," the girl continued. "And it's not a matter of reaching a particular age. People of all ages meet their end every day. Your death is simply one among them. A tool used and then discarded? I wouldn't frame it quite that way. You lived a life that you, or anyone else for that matter, could never have experienced, all thanks to the powers of the overlord. If you remain dissatisfied, does it not render you an ungrateful hypocrite?"
