[ sam's head lifts, tiling back to glance at the voice's owner, despite the fact he knows damn well who it is. hi, buddy, long time no cannibalism. ]

Of course they aren't. But the end isn't supposed to be mutual destruction. [ spoken like he knows. like this is something someone in charge of everything told him once, and maybe that's true. so much about before is vague to him, if the all encompassing force was truly the Centurion God or something entirely different. he suspects the latter, but how much does it really change? the truth is the truth. ] They're meant to evolve. Not disintegrate and rebuild on top of the old mistakes.

That's just stagnation.