How to Bring Your People Back From Hunger

The robot says, um, we've been through a lot here and this force that you're describing, it sounds pretty tough. But I haven't met a force yet that can make me go against my will. So if the other option is the absolute destruction of myself and my people, I refuse destruction and I refuse to be consumed. Here's the plan. This crystal is used to power your people, but the souls are somehow connected to this crystal. Let us take the crystal with us. I can shrink it to a small enough size that I can keep it on my person. And I will restore the crystal to its original size and location. That is the best shot. If this