As the vital gas continued to stream in unsettling shriek from the valve overhead, and the airship to plunge ever more rapidly Earthward, Randolph, gazing at the feckless struggling of his crew, understood too well that the responsibility for the disaster nearly upon them was, as always, none but his own, this time for having delegated duties to those unskilled in them. . . .
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This is meant to suggest God blaming himself as He watched Lucifer and the other angels plummeting from Heaven, screaming across the sky, so to speak, after their "feckless" struggle with the other hosts of Heaven. Isn't it?
Or, since Randolph may represent some kind of fallen angel, this is Lucifer blaming himself for all of the angels who sided with him as they were expelled from Heaven to plunge Earthward.
It's also possible that this is just Randolph being kind of a dick. Would you rather be yelled at by your captain and told to get it together or would you rather your captain shoulder the blame with the understanding that you're not up to the job he assigned you? I can see him being upset with himself for hiring on Chick who was still learning the ropes, or maybe having been soft on Miles even when he knew Miles wasn't dexterous enough for some of these jobs but doubting Lindsay?! That kid's a raging zealot for trying to keep things in order!
Sure, I've been complaining about his ability to do his job since he first hung Darby over the side of the ship. But I thought Randolph respected that insane side of him.
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