>>135561iirc Gunnerkrigg entities become extant due to some variant of human belief, akin to Prattchets verucca gnomes.
Jones appeared in response to the question "there had to be someone around to see the beginning of things"
an ordinary human could not survive those conditions so gunnerkrigg universe logic makes her superstrong and invincible [and yet also human] to deal with the loophole.
Now imagine being human and alone for billions of years, not being able to interact with anything in a meaningful way. You'd be a statue too.
Then suddenly creatures like you appear who are intelligent and interesting. You might even grow fond of them.
THen you realise how fragile they are and how short their lives are. Full on statue mode again.