ADRUQU, OVERLORD
(J. Davis, GRIDCOMlatitude, SOLring, SOL)
There is always a beginning. Always.
Adruqu walked into the room and sat on the sofa across from me. She was rather short and unassuming. Just by looking at her, one would never think she was an all-powerful goddess. Rumors said she was thousands of years old and displayed magick to ancient humans, which gave rise to our current belief system in magick.
I sat in an oversized overstuffed upholstered chair in a room that was sparsely furnished. As it should have been. A place to sit and a place to talk. Just us. And the cameras. And, the crew. Adruqu agreed to this interview on one condition. I’m still uneasy about the request. Three simple words. She asked, “Please forgive me.” Her tone was even, her expression blank.
I cleared my throat and said, “Okay, I forgive you.” A simple request from possibly the galaxy’s most powerful entity.
She said, “Mean it this time. Please forgive me.”
Terror gripped my heart. The Goddess and Overlord who was rumored to be capable of killing vast armies with a gesture, and who was rumored to be a planet killer, told me to forgive her and mean it.
“What have you done for me to forgive you?”
“You and all of humanity will find out. Now mean it or this interview ends before it starts.”
I decided to think of the worst thing she could have done, put myself in her place, and thought about what Maya Angelou said in the early 20th century. It’s been over four centuries since her death, but it seemed relevant today. “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better” I also thought about another saying.“If I had known better, I would have done better.”
Adruqu held my gaze. Her unblinking eyes locked onto me. She was looking at my soul. What else could cause this feeling I had? “I forgive you,” I said with as much conviction I could muster. She was a monster who was asking for atonement. I was not the one to deny her.
What follows is our interview. Take heed. Adruqu is a God. Not an all-mighty create the world in 7-days God, but one of many pantheons that have influenced nations and worlds. She has been a behemoth casting a shadow over generations wrought epic events that are still playing out. The interview took several hours and has been edited to the more relevant and entertaining parts. Occasionally, I interject with my thoughts. I won’t lie. Adruqu was intimidating at times. She has a vibe that can make you feel warm and fuzzy or wash you in dread. Adruqu is a monster and she knows this. She’s told me. And, I forgave her.
THE INTERVIEW
Interviewer: Why are you consenting to be interviewed at all?
Adruqu: It was my beloved Sean who convinced me.
Interviewer: You mean Captain Sean Blakemore? The commander of the GRIDSHIP Reginald L Johnson?
Adruqu: Yes. He said “You’ve already damaged millions of lives. Fess up to it now. Let the world know you toy with people.” I was hurt by that.
Interviewer thoughts: I was horrified but kept my mouth shut.
Adruqu: My beloved is often harsh with me, but I love him all the same. He is right. I’ve done many – things.
Interviewer: Are you Human? If you are not homo sapiens, sapiens, then what are you? Are you from another line of homo sapiens now extinct on Earth?
Adruqu: I am not human, however, humans may trace their lineage to us –
Interviewer: Us?
Adruqu: Yes. You refer to the homeworld as Necron –
Interviewer: The planet Dr. Kathy Loggar, The Most High Goddess, and her team discovered.
Adruqu: *Laughs* I would use the term “stumbled upon”. “Discovered” is a selfish point of view full of hubris.
Interviewer: Point on that, but please explain we may trace our lineage to you.
Adruqu: My people are several million years old. We walked on your planet before homo sapien emerged. We watched when Homo Erectus started venturing out from the land you call Africa. We interfered with your evolution –
Interviewer’s thoughts: I gasped. What did I get myself into? She’s either a crackpot or we are a world of gullible, needy, sheep.
Adruqu: *smiles* Oh come now. You’d think ancient civilizations don’t go around tinkering with other species? Humans have interfered, tweaked, and manipulated nearly every single creature on your planet. Be that bird, lizard, fish, or pet. The very word Animal Husbandry drips genetically modified. And, you’d think we wouldn’t do it?
Interviewer: But why?
Adruqu: *Hearty scary laugh* Because there was no one to stop us. There were those who said don’t do it. And, there were does who said we shouldn’t do it, but they were drowned out by all of us saying we will do it. Earth wasn’t the first nor would it be the last.
Interviewer: How old are you?
Adruqu: 135,212 earth years old.
Interviewer: I can’t even imagine that. How are you retaining all that has happened to you?
Adruqu: *reflects a bit* How do I answer that without sounding offensive? I’ll leave it at nanotechnology. It’s much like what you do to store memories. You have data storage, photographs, recordings, books, and paper. We learned how to use much of our brains for processing and storage. With nanotechnology we don’t have to store everything, just know how to access it through indexing. At this moment I can’t tell you what I ate five hundred years ten days and eight hours ago – actually, I could, I just remembered. It was avocado toast with sea salt on processed white bread. I was at a farmer’s market. The day was sunny and the line
was long.
Interviewer: What about 50,000 years ago?
Adruqu: That far back I would need to query my storage. I can use words like day, taste, flavor, place, food, event, approximate time. Usually, I’d think food, Earth, morning day, cooked, 50,100 plus minus 1000 years, animal, with humans. I’m getting about 30 thousand hits. I can narrow the search with ‘after hunting’, Mammoth, the party of five, and me. Then I would continue with more specific wording and phrases. If I were on Necron I could get an answer in milliseconds. Being here on Earth, I’m limited to a generic memory with vague images.
Interviewer: Did you suddenly decide to reveal yourself to the world for a reason?
Adruqu: Yes.
Interviewer: And?
Adruqu: Necron created Magick, and –
Interviewer: That’s a bold statement?
Interviewer thoughts: Adruqu stretched her right hand toward me. With palm facing up a yellow ball of light appeared. It morphed into flames and after a few seconds disappeared. I heard the rumors.
Interviewer: Seems to me party tric –
Interviewer thoughts: I lost my breath and nearly panicked. The pressure around my throat increased. Adruqu smiled. Leaning into my ear she whispered. ‘It takes only a few kilograms of force to collapse a human’s windpipe. I can lift a small starship from 100 meters away. I can blast a hole in your head the size of a pea from a kilometer away.’ Air rushed into my lungs and I broke into a cold sweat. Not wanting to show fear I acted cool. I’m sure my trembling didn’t add to the act. She leaned back and continued.
Adruqu: It was actually my mother who gave Earth magick. She was a showoff and believed humanoids developed rapidly when trying to appease a god. With Earth, it was mixed results.
Interviewer: What do you mean?
Adruqu: Up until 15,000 earth years ago fireballs, freezing wind, induced earthquakes, and flying spirits were enough. Humans have a very active imagination. At times, it’s perverted. She took a hands-on approached and set up figureheads and prophets. Wicca was probably the most successful. Your Catholic church declared the last miracle occurred 2500 years ago. You don’t get that nonsense with spiritualist-based beliefs. Take the Most High for example. It is by far the most influential religion in all of human history. It was the reason Humans went to space - to find the origin of magick. To find Necron. Through war and disaster, The Most High Goddess pulled the strings. After the geat meteor swarm pummelled Earth, you created ring worlds and were able to expand. It was the drive to confirm. Even now, some in your GRID Command wish to dominate others.
Interviewer: You are here to stop that?
Adruqu: *smiles* I am here to offer support, nothing else. I have my ticket on a certain horse –
Interviewer: Excuse me, Goddess –
Adruqu: Adruqu is fine, though technically my title is Overlord. Earth is within my domain.
Interviewer thoughts: *Gulp* Stay calm.
Interviewer: You use a lot of old slang.
Adruqu: I do. Maybe I should have said, “My code is printed on a specific module.”
Interviewer thoughts: That is more to my liking. That I understand.
Interviewer: About this Overlord title –
Adruqu: My Mother was in charge of Region 11. There are thousands throughout the Miky Way. Earth falls under the 11th Region. Before you ask, my mother lost her life twelve thousand years ago in a supernova explosion that occurred in the Cygnus Loop. The explosion reached Earth ten thousand years ago. She had spent time in Northeast Africa and introduced a simple form of irrigation. After her death, the area fell into constant warfare. It took another 1000 years to bring basic farming. I didn’t start paying attention to earth until about a few thousand years ago.
Interviewer: You played no active role in our history.
Adruqu: *smiles* some. I won’t tell – much. Hera, Gaia, Chang’e, Heng’e, Parvati, spoilers.
Interviewer: Wait, what?
Adruqu: Next question.
Interviewer thoughts: It was best to move on. It was hard to get a read on Adruqu. It wasn’t what she said, it was what she did not say. My hope was to score another interview in the future, or maybe an interview with Captain Blakemore.
Interviewer: Are your children immortal like you?
Adruqu: Some of them. They would be long-lived, but once they receive our nanytes their lifespan increases exponentially.
Interviewer: Do they gain any particular benefit from calling you their mother?
Adruqu: Of course! I dote over the children who want me to and give space to those who want nothing to do with me. *laughs*
Interviewer: Are there many?
Adruqu: Yes, thousands. I’ve given natural birth probably a few hundred times. The majority of my children communicate with my Sister-Clones.
Interviewer: Wait, what? Sister-clones?
Adruqu: Yeah. I have over 18,000 children, grand, great, great-great, and several more layers of greats. My oldest living child is over 80 thousand years old and my youngest great-great-granddaughter is 23 years old. Of course, I can’t watch them all at once.
Interviewer: Is she on Earth.
Adruqu: My great-great-granddaughter? She is the Chief Science Officer serving Reginald Johnson.
Interviewer thoughts: Breathe I told myself. Inhale, exhale, slowly. I found out later the Johnson was reclassed from a battlecruiser to an Explorer-type vessel.
Interviewer: Does she possess magick?
Adruqu: Nothing active. Just don’t attack her with the intent to kill.
Interviewer: Noted. So a DNA test would prove she is your great-great-granddaughter?
Adruqu: Of course. I probably have over a million descendants on Earth.
Interviewer: Captain Blakemore is one of them?
Adruqu: *laughs* My beloved is a descendant.
Interviewer: That’s why he can do magick?
Adruqu: Yes. Descendants of Necronians have the capacity to do magick. There are ways to acquire magick through other means, but the best is to be a Necronian. My beloved Sean may one day surpass my abilities. *laughs harder*
Interviewer thoughts: My Goddess she is scary when she laughs like that.
Interviewer: Are there any Necronians hiding among us? Not descendants, but some from Necron.
Adruqu: Spoilers.
Interviewer: Pardon?
Adruqu: No comment is the comment. Take that how you like. *smiles*
Interviewer: You, I am told, have vast energy manipulating abilities. Where did you acquire such abilities and what do you do with them?
Adruqu: *smiles*
Interviewer thoughts: I got the hint. She answered it earlier but I was pushing for something more detailed.
Interviewer: Is there anything you CAN’T do?
Adruqu: Plenty. I can’t directly destroy worlds or crush mountains.
Interviewer: And?
Adruqu: That question is – problematic. It would be easier to answer what I can do, but that is also problematic. Let’s say, I can do what I can do, and I can’t do what I can’t do.
Interviewer thoughts: It was a silly question. I had thought she’d say I can’t bring back the dead.*
Interviewer: How have you used your immortality to influence humanity?
Adruqu: Have you ever wondered why wolves “decided” to make an alliance with humans? Or how humans “stumbled” upon irrigation? Or making bronze? Gunpowder? Electroplating, the Baghdad battery, gods and goddesses, miracles, mysterious murders - strike that - *smiles*, can I get you to wonder about those other things?
Interviewer: It would be ridiculous to assume an immortal Human would not take advantage of the centuries to be able to manipulate people as easily as clay. How can any culture be certain their society’s psychological development has evolved without your influence?
Adruqu: *smiles*
Interviewer: Have you toppled legitimate governments or do you have criteria for any government you use your powers to bring down?
Adruqu: Not on this world. *paused* If Earth had formed a world government a thousand years ago and that government went in a direction I didn’t think helpful, then maybe I would have – stepped in. The goal is not always to use a hammer on a push pin, or rapiers for knitting. There are things humans did to other humans that are absolutely horrible. But, if I micromanaged then I’d have to commit, completely.
Interviewer: Do you, have you, do you plan to: use your powers to destroy humanity or do you prefer to “play with your food” by socially manipulating a species until it destroys itself?
Adruqu: Now that was harsh. Humans are not food. There have been some in our society who have and do push worlds to destruction. They are not in my region and thus I do not interfere. Think of a region as a sovereign nation. If I’m not prepared to manage a nation, then I need to leave that nation alone. That’s how we operate.
Interviewer: I understand you have multiple mythical identities all over the world, some heroic, others monstrous. Can you tell us about the most influential, unusual, or terrifying aspects and where they exist in folklore and legendarium around the world?
Adruqu: Tiamat, Artemis, and Kali.
Interviewer: We understand you have multiple sister-clones of yourself. Why?
Adruqu: I’m thinking you are asking that from the position that humans don’t clone themselves.
Interviewer thoughts: I nodded.
Adruqu: *takes a deep breathe* How insulting –
Interviewer: I didn’t mean to –
Adruqu: You did but I’ll let it pass. The notion that children know what is morally better than adults is disappointing. My people wrestled with moral and ethical dilemmas about 700,000 years before humans stopped dragging their knuckles along the ground. My sister-clones are absolutely dear to me. Even though I am the prime, they have equal rights and options as any Necronian. They are people.
Interviewer: But do you control them?
Adruqu: I may ask them to do certain tasks or favors. They can refuse, of course. They live a life separate from mine. Mainly, we have a shared consciousness, and thus a shared sense of responsibility. We can communicate telepathically or tap into a sort of shared data exchange.
Interviewer: What do they do?
Adruqu: Research and watch our children.
Interviewer: Research? Of us, other worlds?
Adruqu: Anything they desire. We have a lot of time at our disposal. Being out of physical range for hundreds of years is not uncommon. And, ever so often we group up and interact.
Interviewer: I get the feeling you’re not forthcoming or completely truthful.
Adruqu: True. some things I may never tell.
Interviewer: Or admit to?
Adruqu: *visibly counting or thinking to herself* Yes.
Interviewer: In an event of an accident to you are they used as organ donors?
Adruqu: We are able to regenerate damaged or lost organs and limbs, so, no, my Sisters are not organ donors.
Interviewer thoughts: I decided to move on. I could tell Adruqu was bothered by this line of questioning.
Interviewer: We understand you have some type of temporal displacement technology allowing you to move through time. Are there limits to this ability?
Adruqu: No limits per se. We can travel forward and backward in time, however, the exact methods, means, and circumstances for traveling I will keep secret.
Interviewer: How far forward can you go?
Adruqu: Personally, I’ve traveled a thousand years forward. I was curious as to how my Beloved and Earth progressed.
Interviewer: Anything troubling? Are you going to intervene?
Adruqu: *smiles*
Interviewer thoughts: She is. That is why she is here. My gut instinct told me. Note to self: Follow-up
Interviewer: Okay, what about the past?
Adruqu: I have but not to observe Earth. I’ve lived through Earth’s history because I was a part of it. A sister has traveled in Earth’s past for research, and before you ask, she is not done.
Interviewer: Are you able to communicate with her in the past?
Adruqu: It’s one-way. At her referenced moment she is on her own, however, if necessary myself or a sister would go back to provide support.
Interviewer: Since you are a time traveler, wherein time do you prefer to call home?
Adruqu: Here, with my Beloved.
Interviewer thoughts: At this point, we decided to end the interview for refreshments. I had a chance to ask her some fun, light-hearted, some serious questions submitted by readers and viewers earlier while we ate lunch. Below is a condensed version of the Interview.
Interviewer: Have you ever invented anything interesting throughout your long history of being alive?
Adruqu: Personally, no. When you come from a world with a civilization over a million years old pretty much everything that could be invented has been. I’ve introduced concepts and things on other worlds, including Earth, but created something completely and utterly new, no.
Interviewer: Do you (or have you) ever held a patent for an idea, a device, system, or process?
Adruqu: On Earth, only by proxy. *laughs*
Interviewer: How do you afford stuff?
Adruqu: With money. I’ve earned, cheated, and stolen. I’ve sold goods and whored myself in the past. My personal net worth is several hundred times Earth’s GDP and GRID Command’s budget.
Interviewer: Can you tell us your favorite jobs and the jobs you would NEVER EVER, do again?
Adruqu: Being a puppet master is fun, but it takes commitment and long-term sacrifice, and planning. Done right, I’d have to allocate about several hundred years that span multiple generations. There was a time I did hands-on manipulating. That included seduction and assassination. It’s messy and hard. Wetwork is bittersweet, so I decided to stop being 100% active in the governance of a world.
Interviewer: Have you been married? Do you remarry when your husbands become too old or die?
Adruqu: In the past, I have gone through a dozen ceremonial and two dozen civil marriages. Some worlds believe in common law marriage. If It furthered my cause at times I’d marry. There have been five partners I married for love, and I do miss them greatly, but thus. There may be one more person I’d be willing to marry, but I’m not forcing it, and it is not necessary.
Interviewer: How long do you keep a husband before they become too old for you to be bothered with?
Adruqu: The ones I loved, who decided to not become immortal, or never knew they had that option? All until they took their last breath. For two of them, I physically aged myself to look natural. The ones I married to further the cause? For two of them, I strangled with my bare hands. One I shot in the head in front of his family. I dared them to do something about it. One, I gutted in public. He challenged me and I was too immature to walk away. I spaced three. Others I walked away from. They are long dead.
Interviewer: Do you tell these men you marry that you are an immortal entity with superhuman intelligence and cosmic powers?
Adruqu: Two I did. Three assumed I was a god, and the others no.
Interviewer: Could you share part of your powers with another person?
Adruqu: I can and have.
Interviewer: Can you affect the entire planet with your powers at the same time?
Adruqu: Depends on the tech level. Some planets would take a few days to prepare, while others may take months, but I always have something set up if the need arises.
Interviewer: Like now on Ea –
Interviewer thoughts: The lights dimmed and then flickered for a few seconds. Afterward, I found out that all of GRID Command experienced some sort of power fluctuation. Schools, hospitals, and mass transits were not affected.
Interviewer: Could you, for instance, make us forget that we taped this show and erase it from the minds of every person who ever saw it?
Adruqu: Because this is not live, I could. Once it broadcasts would be harder. It’d take tens of years, with, in some cases, outright destruction. I could fake a natural disaster and wipe out an entire city. But that’s too much effort to effect only one parallel existence. The easiest would be for me to travel back in time and not do the interview. Then that would leave one, or two, maybe three parallel worlds I have to deal with. Time travel is easier than dimension-hopping.
Interviewer: Have you ever had to institute a genocide?
Adruqu: *she was quiet for a few moments* Yes, I have.
Interviewer: How horrible!
Adruqu: You may think that, but you weren’t there. There are some groups of people and entities that should never have made it to sentience. I did the galaxy a favor.
Interviewer: But still!
Adruqu: And who is going to punish me? Let us not miss the fact that my title translates to Overlord. It is my guilt and sins I must live with. I oversee a region that has about 3 trillion sentient beings. Some worlds I watch from a distance. Others I don’t.
Interviewer: Best day, worst day?
Adruqu: The day I met my Beloved. ‘Nough said.
Interviewer: What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?
Adruqu: My Great-great-granddaughter.
Interviewer: Which of your children have made you the proudest?
Adruqu: Mostly all of them, but for this moment, the here and now, my Great-great-granddaughter.
Interviewer: Do you consider yourself a good mother?
Adruqu: Yes. The best. I have thousands of children to prove that, There were a few disappointments, and they have been dealt with.
Interviewer: What are the criteria for toppling a regime that offends you? Have you ever saved an enemy?
Adruqu: In the past, and when I was hands-on, a regime that abuses, tortures, and subjugates its people just because it can. Having ultimate power over someone doesn’t mean one should use that power constantly. I’ve toppled about a hundred over that last 10,000 years.
Interviewer: Do you like Ice cream; if so what flavor?
Adruqu: *A hearty laugh* There are some flavors Earth will never know about. There are some flavors that, if you knew the ingredients, would probably gag you. Taste is unique. But, we all don’t quite experience the same reaction. Oh, the sense of the taste may be similar from one entity to the next, but the actual sensation is quite unique. So, I will limit my favorite ice cream flavor to Earth and GRID Proper. It is vanilla. I’m also quite fond of the flavor you call root beer. Tart Cherry mixed with watermelon and mangosteen would also be up there. And for a personal blend of flavor would be pickled olive, jalapeño, and mushroom. One of your Ring worlds revels in the delight of the flavor.
Interviewer: Where do you see yourself in five years?
Adruqu: With my Beloved. By his side, helping him fight off evil.
Interviewer: Is this because you’ve seen the future.
Adruqu: *laughs* No, because I can daydream. I don’t really know what’ll happen in five years. I just know I’ll be by Beloved’d side.
Interviewer: Which of your adventures was the most memorable?
Adruqu: I’m going to assume this question is me looking death in the face, exerting energy, and coming away victorious. *thinks for a moment*
There are other super-intelligent entities out in the galaxy who has dominion over other less intelligent or technologically advanced worlds. My region buttresses against many different entities and contested areas. Every now and then I personally take a lead in re-establishing my territoriality. Without getting into specifics I had to engage with an entity threatening to encroach. They ruled across 100 light-years just outside my region. Several of my worlds had been viciously attacked and occupied. Normally, I leave internal worlds to their own bickering. But, when someone not of my ilk threatens me and mine I get a bit testy. There were several objectives. Stand our ground, push back the enemy, and inflict a heavy toll. I mentioned a while ago I murdered a husband in front of his family. The planning and executing of the plan were hellish. It took ten years to get close. It took another twelve years to gain trust. Another ten years to make him fall in love with me. I never produced his heir, but I did with a younger brother. I ruined his life, his family’s life, and his legacy. I ruined the lives of the leaders who waged war at my door. No one within three generations was untouched. I set the region back a thousand years and felt happy to do so. Then I took over and left puppets and proxies to rule that region of space. Being long-lived means I can take my time in exacting revenge. When I strike I want it to be felt for generations. I want my name to invoke dread, terror, and sleepless nights to the point of exhaustion. I have driven people into utter and complete suicidal madness. Do not ever touch mine.
Interviewer thoughts: She had that terrifying smile. My throat dried and I wanted to run. The room was silent for a few seconds. I continued.
Interviewer: Having lived over a thousand human lifetimes, how is it possible for you to retain all the information and memories you have accumulated? If you do retain everything, how is all of it stored, and if you have an organic brain, how do you maintain your sanity through the eons?
Adruqu: Excellent question. I gave a simple answer earlier, so let me further explain. I stopped trying to remember everything after turning 500. Who needs to remember every meal eaten, every step taken, every moment spent awake. It’d be utter madness. We, Necronians, use about 10% of our brains for memory, so we already have the capacity to remember massive amounts of irrelevance. We also store all memory in a personal data repository. Kind of like a backup. My sisters each have one and we share a central data space. Near Necron proper, I can off and onload any memory. I think of keywords, images, and sensations, sift through images and thoughts that come to me, further refine my list of keywords, and repeat until I get what I’m looking for. Near Necron, I have access to my entire life and that of my sisters and vice versa. I can also off and onload memories to and from the Citizen Repository. Here on Earth, for example, I can only access short, mid, semi-long, long, and inferred memory. Long-term memory goes back about three to four hundred years and it is very vivid. Inferred memory is constructed and pieced together fragments. My brain makes assumptions about what I can access and remember. I might get a sense of something that happened to me about 30,000 years ago, but nothing concrete or vivid. I might get a vague sensation from a distant memory 50,000 years ago or even 700 years ago but nothing I’d be 100% confident is accurate. The further back I try to remember something outside of Necron the less accurate that memory could be. The reason I remember the story I told earlier so well is because I onloaded it many years ago and I use it as a lesson of sorts. I remember all 16,532 Earth days. And, there are things I’ve onloaded because I like remembering them or I think the memory would be useful.
Interviewer: Do you dance?
Adruqu: I love dancing. I’ve lived long enough to know that if I ever make a fool of myself there will be no one alive in 150 years to remember it.
Interviewer: Do you pray? If you do pray, who do you pray to?
Adruqu: *laughs* I don’t, though there are countless others who still pray to me in one of the many forms and roles I’ve taken. We, Necronians, do have a religion – strike that. We have a belief system. It’s pretty simple. All things die. We have emotions that control our inner nature. We can recognize these emotions in ourselves and others. And, in knowing and understanding how emotions affect us and those around us we can control the emotions of how we are affected or could be affected by them.
Interviewer: If you have created life, have you regretted it?
Adruqu: Personally, I’ve never created a life outside of giving birth. I have influenced, guided, and coached lifeforms along a path. I’ve been disappointed, yes, but truly regretted something I’ve had a hand in, no.
Interviewer: Do you believe there is more beyond your existence?
Adruqu: Absolutely. I’ve passed on my genes. I’ve encountered billions of lives and left legacies.
Interviewer: Out of all the things you have seen humanity do, what has amused you/ shocked you/ horrified you/ surprised you the most?
Adruqu: The capacity of hated toward one another is abysmally high. Humans have been and are capable of absolute hatred and cruelty. You’re also still quite gullible. innocent, naive, and dumb at times. There were moments humans had been considered too cruel to exist. There are time points in human history that nearly marked the end of humanity. It had always been if the other side won then humans would not be allowed to leave Earth. Culling the population to a smaller number has always been on the table. But, surprisingly, humans can be the most giving and selfless species in the entire galaxy. You have this sort of dichotomy that defies reasoning and logic. I’ve witnessed acts of kindness that have moved me to tears. Humans can be monsters, but they can also be saviors. That is why I am here.
Interviewer: To make sure we are “saviors”?
Adruqu: To make sure you never reach your full potential as monsters. The bottom line is, I want the galaxy to be happy humans exist, not glad they are gone.
End of Interview
Adruqu appears in the GRID Traveler Trinity series. On sale everywhere. Her interview builds upon her character. Coming soon, more interviews with other characters, good and bad, in future episodes.