"Human beings are more malleable and able to change than most species," Rui remarked, musing in thought. "Not only as adults, but especially from infancy. A human baby is an absolutely blank slate upon which anything can be written. But the offspring of virtually any other species in the world is simply not so. Their offspring are born with the ability to walk very shortly after birth, and to even engage in nascent communication with others of their species and their mother. They display preprogrammed behaviors from an early age that leave very little room for change compared to human babies."
"Indeed…" Lord Vakratunda nodded. "Baby elephants learn to walk almost immediately after birth. They learn to drink, to communicate with their parents, to play, and to have fun from an extremely young age. In comparison, our offspring require months and even years to do those."
