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‘Well,’ said Garovel, ‘you remember how I said that some reapers are trying to make things worse?’

‘Yeah?’

‘I was talking about Abolish. That’s what they do.’

‘Why?’

‘The main reason is that they all want to “move on” into the afterlife. See, they believe that the reason reapers exist is to ferry human souls into the afterlife; and moreover, they believe that once there are no more souls left to ferry, our “purpose” will have been fulfilled, and we will then be able to proceed into the afterlife ourselves.’

‘But... is that, I mean... is that true?’

‘No. It’s bullshit. There’s absolutely no reason to believe we’d be magically transported to another plane of existence just because everyone on Eleg dies.’

‘Y-you’re sure?’

‘Even if we suppose that it is true, I still think it’s fucking crazy to use it as justification to destroy humanity.’

‘Eesh... They really wanna destroy the human race? I mean... that’s just so...’

‘Stupid?’

‘It’s just... you guys can still die, right? I mean, if these Abolish guys wanna get to the afterlife so badly, then why don’t they... y’know... have one of their servants kill them or something?’

Garovel sighed. ‘Because they believe in that fucking thing called “destiny.” They think a higher power has ordained us to be reapers, and if we kill ourselves to avoid that divine responsibility, then we get punished in the afterlife. Or some shit like that--I dunno. It’s all very disturbing. And also, because they’re cowardly, deluded bastards.’

‘But... wouldn’t a higher power or whatever... have a problem with them killing everyone?’

‘One would think. Hey, I told you they were fucking crazy.’

‘Gah...’

‘Though, I imagine that some reapers have actually done that before--just trained up a servant in order to end their own lives. But obviously, those reapers would be dead now, and not causing problems for us.’

‘Mm, good point...’