Oh, didn't see that you responded to this. A fan cannibalized a quote made by [spoilerS]

a Reaper in the first game. "The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Civilizations rise, evolve, advance, and at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. By utilizing our technology, organic life develops along the paths we desire. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."...

Oooh, Mistborn was a good series. :) Read all three books within a week. >_> Granted, I was on vacation at the time.