in tenebris est veritas.
“The cow does murder the grass, as the tiger murders its prey. Death is a requirement of life, not a domination of it.” A wry smile colors their words, humor found in the equivalence. “Both do so because the generations before them have done so, because they have evolved in balance with the other forms of life around them. Humans did not evolve here, and so they are visitors to this world. The crops they eat did not evolve here, and so clearing the land to make room for them is a form of war itself, of domination and destruction.”
Their hands have gestured in emphasis, clenching from one side to another as they illustrate these distinct groups of information. It is almost as if she is putting weights on either side of a scale, agreeing with his notions of balance but not on their details. “King’s End has its own ecology, which will need to be cherished and respected all the same. But it will not need to be changed as much as the Oerwoud would need to be, and so it will not suffer as much if humans were to continue their usual way of life. That said, if you decide to bring your people here, I will help to teach them how to survive as the native animals do. So that they can claim an equal right to the land and its bounty.”
Their hands have gestured in emphasis, clenching from one side to another as they illustrate these distinct groups of information. It is almost as if she is putting weights on either side of a scale, agreeing with his notions of balance but not on their details. “King’s End has its own ecology, which will need to be cherished and respected all the same. But it will not need to be changed as much as the Oerwoud would need to be, and so it will not suffer as much if humans were to continue their usual way of life. That said, if you decide to bring your people here, I will help to teach them how to survive as the native animals do. So that they can claim an equal right to the land and its bounty.”
