The Balladeer rushes to reassure Wheatley, only to realize that there isn't much reassurance to be had in the face of impending mortality. Not for sane people, anyway. Don't computers die too eventually? "You don't need to die right now," he says instead. "I mean, you can. I guess. I know another riftie who just died and turned into a ghost, so maybe there's something going on with that too. But no one's going to test it!"
That all depends on how long they're going to be here for. "Everything dies sooner or later, but nothing's going to happen right now. Don't let it worry you."
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The Balladeer rushes to reassure Wheatley, only to realize that there isn't much reassurance to be had in the face of impending mortality. Not for sane people, anyway. Don't computers die too eventually? "You don't need to die right now," he says instead. "I mean, you can. I guess. I know another riftie who just died and turned into a ghost, so maybe there's something going on with that too. But no one's going to test it!"
That all depends on how long they're going to be here for. "Everything dies sooner or later, but nothing's going to happen right now. Don't let it worry you."