the messenger stood in front of the crowd and stretched out a scroll. she read aloud, "the crisis is not over population. to be clear. earth enjoys to be populated. indeed earth is less populated than earth would like to be. that is, to be clear, part of the crisis. "the crisis is also not humanity, as such. earth was -- and is!-- in general quite pleased about humanity. indeed earth has quite a bit less humanity than it would like. "with less precision we can say, too, that humans," emphasizing the second syllable, "are not the crisis." "i'm sorry," the messenger paused, rubbing her forehead. she held the scroll to her side and after several moments rambled freely... "this whole thing... we are so sorry. we really didn't want it to come to this. and, listen, i am not asking you to make sense of your losses -- we love how precious your lives are to you! i just... ok..." she took a deep breath and began reading again. ...
Well, at least two.