things and how they seem

oia

"The way you say sets you apart seems to imply a hierarchy, in which thinking places you higher. But that isn't so. Many animals are much more clever than human-animals are. Almost all have abilities that you do not. You use your minds to destroy and create poisons and wage wars. You make up beliefs and then ruin your lives with them. Your intellect if anything at all, places you lower in the animal kingdom for all the good it has done you."

Instantly, you nod. "Of course. Kai runs experiments on me all the time." Whatever Loren is looking for, he won't find it in you. Empathy is one of those fleeting emotions that you don't think you will ever understand. "Because my beliefs are based on verified data and evidence that you do not possess. By your own admission, you have not been here long. The metaphysics of this world may not be anything like the world you came from, and given your limited interactions with those who could answer your questions—Vi, Mort, Rae—you've shockingly little foundation for your beliefs."

of course it's exhausting, having to reason all
the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.

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