Thread:Crowsoul50/@comment-33229352-20200114055616/@comment-33229352-20200124004949

Ishmael looked a little pained. "Look, we can't prevent the things we don't know about. The best we can do is react swiftly when it comes to our attention so that suffering won't go on. Many of us use our powers for such things, but often a case has been made for... collateral damage. We can't save everyone. Some mortals die, some don't. Often, it's out of our control. If we're too overbearing, we'd be resented, not to mention the risk we rob people of free will. When it is in our control, however, the vast majority of the time we aid the mortals. But it's all about the optics. A good deed in our eyes may not be seen as such to mortals, and vice versa. War, for instance. I could stop every major conflict under the sun, but I don't. One, I would run myself into the ground trying to do so, and two, sometimes it's the only way things get resolved. Civil wars, political shifts, international conflicts... if I defuse the situation, often the cycle will repeat again at some point. It's just the way things are."