[...Ugh. Elliot's description of those recordings only makes him feel worse, like a knife twisting in his chest.]

...I don't understand it. Why didn't they just try to communicate with the people? They clearly still loved their gods. They were still trying to worship them. Whatever they were doing that was so wrong, they would have just stopped if they got sent a divine message that... you know... made sense...

[His voice breaks completely on that last word, because none of this makes sense. This is sickening, this is awful, and he's not sure when he's going to be able to sleep again.]