'That is something I've always respected from the apes,' stated the man, not hiding the most genuine grin Treeda had ever seen the man wear.
'While the dragons have the most outstanding bloodlines and enjoy freely standing atop the mountains of power, the apes have always defied the heavens to climb in search of even higher peaks. They grin and laugh while traversing the cliffs of cultivation, never looking back or depending on their blood to carry them through life… Do you understand what I'm talking about?'
Treeda took a moment to think and take in those words. But she eventually nodded. "I see."
The man scoffed, 'As the beasts that once rivaled your kin and held back the dragons through sheer effort, how could you dragons not be interested in the apes? Why else would your kind commit global genocide, reducing the world's ape population by more than ninety percent…'
