[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[Alardem]

The Machine itself is limited to London, which removes the possibility of it being able to transfigure/destroy humanity on its own. But that is a moot point. Just as a little nuclear bomb contains the power to burn up a city of hundreds of thousands, the Machine, sated by the blood of London, would be the catalyst for some unimaginably horrific event. It claims that it will cause a nuclear eruption in the earth's core, but that only seems to be the harbinger for something far more unpleasant to humanity.

Why does Mandus go along with the idea? Because he's a man-hating, warped shit. Why does he regret it and end up sabotaging it? Because he ultimately couldn't stand the idea of being as impure as the humans he wants to remove himself from.