That's right. He was 'punished' by Critter for breaking the rules, but it's not opposed to bringing Lithuania back either as long as enough sacrifices are provided. [yes can we just assume more happened] There's nothing personal in it, and I highly doubt it cares what happens to any of us. We're not special, this whole setup has happened before, and it will likely happen again if we meet the same fate as those who came before us. 'Not playing' isn't an option before as much as it may be now: we've come too far, and it would be entirely pessimistic to think we might've lost the moment the first death occurred. So there's got to be more 'after', if it can't have been 'before' and we've already found all that we could during the 'middle'. Unless you think we're missing something from this 'middle' segment that the game is still in, right now?