He's going to kills it. It's just going to sputter to a stop.
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@glennf @jeffjarvis I’d prefer to think of it happening more like Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story)

There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) - Wikipedia

@talkingmoose @jeffjarvis That’s good, but also C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle