"Hm!" the robot said with interest. It looked at the plate of vegetables. "Did you apologize to each of these plants individually as you harvested them, or in aggregate.

Oh I don’t experience tactile pleasure

Sorry there is just so much here to be experienced, I keep getting distracted

How do you know when you are satisfied

We don’t have to fall into the same category to be of equal value. (It vs they)

"What happened?" "Milton's Millipede became distinctly interested in fish spawning, and I was uninterested in observing that particular event in depth, so we parted ways." "No hard feelings?" Mosscap looked surprised. "Why would there be?"

"Yes. It's common practice to check any cache that you're in close proximity to, just to see what's up.

Missing the forest for the trees." "Precisely. It ignores the greater meaning born out of the combination of those things."

"We teach that purpose doesn't come from the gods but from ourselves. That the gods can show us good resources and good ideas, but the work and the choice especially the choice-is our own. Deciding on your purpose is one of the most valuable things there is." "And that purpose can change, yes?" "Absolutely. You're never stuck."

"You don't, if you believe that. You're an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not separate or other. You're an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! But if I wanted to crawl into a cave and watch stalagmites with Frostfrog for the remainder of my days, that would also be both fine and good. You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don't know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that, or earn it. You are allowed to just live. That is all most animals do." Mosscap