if i think for too long about how VAL's introduction to both the characters and the audience is a scene where she's demonstrably proven to be capable of using the power of a god to force people to believe her lies, and therefore it's reasonable to conclude that you shouldn't believe a word she says and consider yourself lucky if you can still exercise that judgement, rendering her with effectively zero nonviolent or noninvasive options to convince people to listen to her, i start to feel so sick i can't move. here's the power to make anyone believe you, which means that no one will ever actually believe you!