[it's not really fair, is it? a bunch of people getting yanked away from whatever they were doing, being informed that their universes were destroyed, then plopped down in a simulation with an item promising the world, if only they would just use it.]

[and then there's Dave, sort of accidentally brought into the fold, knowing he has to try to talk a complete stranger out of doing exactly that. he's seen what a grand relic can do. they were just a pair of mittens. they very nearly killed everybody.]

Probably better to think of 'em that way, yeah. Makes it easier to just chuck it in the fire.

Which I'm gonna suggest you do.