This place seems out of the Gods' control in any case.

[It wasn't like they were shy about meddling with things, if they were around they would have shown themselves by now.]

No, it makes me wonder if we're in any sort of afterlife at all. Maybe some holding area between life and death. I certainly don't feel dead, and I still need to eat and sleep.

[he can relate. He's 45 and far too old for this shit. He needs a vacation.]