[That's all. He's by no means idealistic, but human nature interests him.]
The fact that humans can grow to care for things that don't necessarily respond back, or in a way they can understand, goes to show just how... Hm. How inclined we are towards companionship. Given an island with two people and an abundance of resources, they're more likely to be friends than enemies; it's only once resources become scare that they may turn more hostile. Self-preservation triumphs over good will.
[... But maybe that's too over the head; he has a bad habit of it, he knows, along with rambling, so he laces his fingers together and lays back against the tree.]
Simply put, we like having friends more than enemies. So we'll even make friends out of the things that can't talk back. I like it.
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[That's all. He's by no means idealistic, but human nature interests him.]
The fact that humans can grow to care for things that don't necessarily respond back, or in a way they can understand, goes to show just how... Hm. How inclined we are towards companionship. Given an island with two people and an abundance of resources, they're more likely to be friends than enemies; it's only once resources become scare that they may turn more hostile. Self-preservation triumphs over good will.
[... But maybe that's too over the head; he has a bad habit of it, he knows, along with rambling, so he laces his fingers together and lays back against the tree.]
Simply put, we like having friends more than enemies. So we'll even make friends out of the things that can't talk back. I like it.