
(06-08-2015, 12:33 AM)hauntmedoitagain Wrote: They're obviously intelligent enough to go beyond animal instinct. What else are we supposed to apply to it?
Applying Human morality to beings that are not, and never have been Human is foolish at best. Â They have their own moral code, but it's probably not going to match ours. Â Because they're not Human. Â They've never been Human. Â They will never be Human. Â That they have the capacity for mercy at all is a damn miracle. Â We're gnats in comparison. Â By rights, they shouldn't give us anymore thought than you give the insect you stomp beneath your shoe. Â But they actually relented and allowed mortals to live in their forest, even knowing that the last time they let anyone in that area, the world almost ended...because of mortals.
I don't know about you, but I got stung by a wasp once. Â I've been killing those fuckers without mercy ever since. Same with ants and cockroaches. No mercy. Even if they aren't messing with me, they have to die.