As a healer who often traveled among the various races, Ladi understood that the prejudice between different species was like a great mountain, insurmountable.
Once the seed of suspicion was planted, it would quickly grow into a towering tree, especially when the other party was the notorious Ever-Thirsty.
Knowledge, unlike other resources, was not finite. Minerals, air, living space... those were irreplaceable. But knowledge could be replicated, multiplied, and could even blossom into unique flowers within the minds of different beings.
And yet, knowledge was also the most precious of resources—so precious it was hidden in the depths of the mind, never to be shared.
In that moment, Ladi understood what the Ever-Thirsty had done.
'Conquest and devouring... they truly were the best ways to acquire knowledge.'
