I did have the chance to ask one, once. I think all it had for me was something like puny mortals, you'll never comprehend...

[It had been one of her worst days, honestly, and for all its condescension, Sovereign hadn't been pretentious. It's disregard, its notion of superiority, had come from real threats.]

...Something like that. [Too sober for this.] You know, I've spent a lot of time asking myself that. The only answer that makes sense, is, they're scared. Because if I'm right, then they've all spent the last three years doing fuck-all about the looming threat of complete galactic genocide. And if I'm full of it, then I'm just another crack-pot they can disregard, and go on with their lives.

So which one is an easier pill to swallow?