[ K's grown so accustomed to receiving fragments of information here and there about Tech Boy's life that having the broad strokes of his situation finally laid out is a very welcome surprise, even if it gives him more cause to be concerned.

That he's essentially a divine recruiter is... interesting, to say the least. As much as K likes him and finds him easy to get along with on a personal level, he isn't oblivious to the god's behaviour in general, nor the way others probably find his personality abrasive at best. Still, why would the old gods be so resistant to adapting in order to survive? ]

Sweeney mentioned Wednesday having Shadow's wife murdered to make him a better soldier. Interesting tactics for one's employer to use. [ The thinly veiled insinuation being that the gods seem remarkably human, from what he's heard, and not necessarily in good ways. Present company excluded, naturally — Tech Boy has treated him far better than humans ever have. ]

Not much of a choice. [ He agrees with a frown. And that sounds rather familiar. Progress or death. Obedience or death. ] Is it that they're set in their ways, or something about what your side's offering makes death seem more appealing than cooperation?

[ ...Is Mr. World "offering" enslavement, in other words. ]