The Minstrel's Ballad: Sphene's Burden Instance Text

Greetings and good-bye.
Are you alive?
Are you happy?
Let us rise above death!
We require aether.
Do not be afraid. Death is not the end.
I will show you the worlds beyond.
Deploying drones.
Are you still alive? Activating reserve power.
Are you still alive? Disengaging safeties.
Target area delineated. Commencing erasure.
System overload. Aborting process.
Are you still alive? Recommencing erasure.
System overload. An error has occurred.
System override order confirmed.
5/4/3/2/1 second(s) to Absolute Authority...
GreE-Gree-GreETinGs...a-a-a-Nd-goOd-byE...
BeEe aT eAsE, everyone. Your aeTHer will SOon...pleNishED-shED-shED-shED...
IF tHIngS shoULd...turN...wORSe...MiGHt...alD...
I-I will SHow you...tH-tH-tHe woRLds beyoND...
Are yOu-are yoU-are YOu...are you hapPY?
Do...DO-do-do not be a-Be aFraID...
Let..let uS...let us...let uS...above deaTH...