You're small compared to the humans. What made you think "hey I'll just go around fighting stuff anyway"?
[Where did that feeling of being able to actually exert his will on the world come from?]
[He's wondering if he can find it himself, too. Somehow. Because for some inexplicable reason there are kids out there who, what, think he can protect them? He makes them feel safe somehow?]
[But there is a difference between prey brain and predator brain. And it's not easy to break outside of his usual way of thinking. Not when the only reason he could do it last time was desperation, some residual care for his people, and feelings for Poppy. How does he call up that motivation for strangers? Even when he definitely has more of a soft spot for children.]
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Weird.
[But he's focusing on something else right now.]
You're small compared to the humans. What made you think "hey I'll just go around fighting stuff anyway"?
[Where did that feeling of being able to actually exert his will on the world come from?]
[He's wondering if he can find it himself, too. Somehow. Because for some inexplicable reason there are kids out there who, what, think he can protect them? He makes them feel safe somehow?]
[But there is a difference between prey brain and predator brain. And it's not easy to break outside of his usual way of thinking. Not when the only reason he could do it last time was desperation, some residual care for his people, and feelings for Poppy. How does he call up that motivation for strangers? Even when he definitely has more of a soft spot for children.]