( Here, now, she merely watches, the slant of her eyes remarkably, definitively feline. )
They will learn. Why should they not learn? They lived well with the living, while they lived. Why not now? They have no conflict. My people are used. Terribly. Once they are free, why should they cause strife?
( And softer still: ) Do I cause strife? Here I am. I receive you. I offer you a seat, you sit at distance. I offer you fruit, you refuse my fruit. I offer you conversation, you ask difficult questions. Am I violent? No.
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( Here, now, she merely watches, the slant of her eyes remarkably, definitively feline. )
They will learn. Why should they not learn? They lived well with the living, while they lived. Why not now? They have no conflict. My people are used. Terribly. Once they are free, why should they cause strife?
( And softer still: ) Do I cause strife? Here I am. I receive you. I offer you a seat, you sit at distance. I offer you fruit, you refuse my fruit. I offer you conversation, you ask difficult questions. Am I violent? No.