I exist because you guys failed to abort me. We get the family we get, not the one we want. And if you want to keep the one you got, get your asses into some anime spacesuits.
How do you conquer a community, culture, planet? You come to it as an outsider. The fastest way to understanding a civilization is if you start from a disadvantage.
Every being must fight to survive. Moths camouflage themselves from predators. Cacti grow spikes. Humans are no exception. They forget they are surrounded by forces greater than themselves. Survival is never guaranteed.
Before the war, people joked about cockroaches surviving a nuclear blast. But they didn’t merely survive. They improved.
An excellent bellwether for the survival of a species is the frequency with which the individual is at the right place at the right time.
A bough incapable of bending will eventually break.
