"When you deliver the sphere, we'll bring that number to a nice and round... two million! Yay!"
The divine "yay" resonated in the chamber with such genuine enthusiasm that even Mei had to hide a smile.
Even after the tension, God's humor was contagious, despite his haggard face.
"Last time I couldn't tell you enough how impressed I was," God continued, his beard moving erratically while he spoke. "You got here decades before expected! Though..." he paused, squinting his tired eyes, "I suppose that means troubles will arrive earlier too. But hey! At least you're making this last supervision of humanity much more entertaining than the previous failures, so many failures... The last chance to avoid extinction and it's..."
"Previous?" Mei couldn't help but ask.
