[Indulgence is a huge mood.]

Pity's a waste of energy, and an eyesore to boot. Why pity a horse with a broken leg when it'll suffer less being put out of its misery?

[The god shrugs.]

Some of the others, if you ever talk to them you'll see, they don't have a clue what it takes to run anything, let alone an entire world. They're just kidding themselves, building up false hope, making the fall that much steeper.