[snort] Well, considering the current Empress - that is the Condesce who is here, by the way - at the destruction of home planet had been in power for... [He pauses, folding his arms over his chest and tilting his head to the side] Oh, I would say at an extremely rough estimate, over 5,000 sweeps - that's 10,650 in human years - I would say we do extremely well.
But then, we are an insectiod species. One egg clutch can quite easily contain over a thousand grubs. If we do not cull, having evolved to the point where we have no natural predators, within one season, we could completely over run the planet.
To that extent, we are not human, and we are not ponies. We cannot, should not be held to the same standards. Now consider this; since my release, I have only attacked and killed drone-humans, the soulless constructs created to fill out the ranks of the city. I have not, nor do I intend to, raised a hand to a single person. Am I still heartless?
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But then, we are an insectiod species. One egg clutch can quite easily contain over a thousand grubs. If we do not cull, having evolved to the point where we have no natural predators, within one season, we could completely over run the planet.
To that extent, we are not human, and we are not ponies. We cannot, should not be held to the same standards. Now consider this; since my release, I have only attacked and killed drone-humans, the soulless constructs created to fill out the ranks of the city. I have not, nor do I intend to, raised a hand to a single person. Am I still heartless?