We all know Altomada walked down the lander ramp, and declared "BEHOLD, WE ARE YOUR GODS, AND WE HAVE RETURNED".
Reliok, already quite angry, switched the display with his admonisher reeds. "Yes, but I am asking how you all got to the point of a retraction?"
Fopio continued, "Looking at our display chart here, we see the antibodies in the human species have been increasing exponentially since we left them in their early history."
Reliok, catching the chart with at least one reed, began hissing out curses. "We didn't just leave. We supplied them regular religions and enlightenments. There's no way they continued exponentially. Surely something happened!"
Fopios eyes rolled around in their sockets. "Yes, lord something did happen.
Humans.
Their records show they've been using viruses for biological warfare. Travelling to distant populations. Interacting with domestic and wild animals. Living in mega-populations, and polluting the community air very regularly. And that's before we mention the smokers, vapers, antimaskers, measles parties, and every other viral vector they pursued.
So your lordship, we've retracted our position as gods, accordingly."
Reliok couldn't blink. The royal litter emitted an exiting hue, and everyone else prostrated themselves on the starship deck.
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