Ah now, that is the question is it not? They will say, if you ask, that they fight for the survival of worlds. Whether you believe them now...

Oh, they will be everything you wish them to be, so long as you serve your purpose here - mother and father, queen and king, dear companion - whatever is needful - and they will offer great and powerful gifts. I have no doubt in their own ways they do care for us... but only so far as we remain useful.

[ So someone sounds very bitter ]

I? I run. I have always been good at passing unnoticed. The world is small, but it is wide enough to hide in, if you wish to.