"I presume the Envious Researcher's death was part of your plan?" Nick asked.
"The Envious Researcher worked for me," the Sun confirmed. "Its presence was necessary. Humanity was progressing too quickly in technology. I needed humanity to bolster their physical power first before they unlocked the power of Star Energy and Pure Energy."
"I made the Envious Researcher as powerful as it was to act as a test. Humanity must be able to overcome it themselves, with their own power."
"Only then will they have reached a level of power that befits their technology."
The Sun laughed bitterly.
"No matter in which era, humans are brilliant, and the rate at which they discover new technology is astonishingly fast."
"The alien race needed millions of years to gain the ability to colonize other planets, while humanity went from inventing writing to traveling the stars within less than 20,000 years."
