"Ugh, heroes." Viridi scoffs. "I know the type. They think they're so brave and virtuous and look at me, I killed the Nemean lion, yada yada yada --

"Too bad they die in like, fifty years, and the status quo marches on relentlessly. There's just no point. I'm not talking about ruling anything, though. I just mean influence. Humans like to feel like they've got clout."

Maybe Viridi's just really cynical.

"And my goal is just to stop them from ruining a perfectly good nascent world."