Dirk frowns just slightly, a tiny break in his unreadable expression.
[I probably can't stop them either,] he clicks back, matter of fact. [Like I said, I barely know these people, and they're understandably determined to do something about their situation. It'll likely happen, so hopefully you won't take it as any kind of insult or blasphemy or challenge to your Great Whale or anything.]
Part of him hopes to see someone try it. It'd probably get them clearer answers than he's getting from these people, and pragmatically speaking, it sounds like they'd just respawn anyway. But another part of him knows that's the kind of coldblooded thinking that's historically gone badly for him because people's feelings don't give a shit about logic and objectivity, so he stomps those hopes back down.
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[I probably can't stop them either,] he clicks back, matter of fact. [Like I said, I barely know these people, and they're understandably determined to do something about their situation. It'll likely happen, so hopefully you won't take it as any kind of insult or blasphemy or challenge to your Great Whale or anything.]
Part of him hopes to see someone try it. It'd probably get them clearer answers than he's getting from these people, and pragmatically speaking, it sounds like they'd just respawn anyway. But another part of him knows that's the kind of coldblooded thinking that's historically gone badly for him because people's feelings don't give a shit about logic and objectivity, so he stomps those hopes back down.