"Ah - those are all very thoughtful questions. Yes, certainly they were things that crossed the farmer's mind as well. But this human was... different from you and I. She was, above all things, conscious of the needs of her countrymen and utterly unconscious of herself. Upon seeing this demonstration of power, she immediately entreated the Xian.
'You must not do that,' she said. 'For one day, you will grow bored with us and leave, and what will become of us then? We humans must feed ourselves, no matter how hard the struggle. It may seem meaningless to you, but with each passing day, we learn a little bit more. And as we learn, this knowledge becomes a part of humanity's wisdom that we might pass it down to those who come after us.'
The Xian had nothing to say. For she could not deny that one day, she would leave this place. With another wave of her hand, the crops retreated back into the earth, and the two resumed their daily work.
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Date: 2025-05-26 03:30 pm (UTC)'You must not do that,' she said. 'For one day, you will grow bored with us and leave, and what will become of us then? We humans must feed ourselves, no matter how hard the struggle. It may seem meaningless to you, but with each passing day, we learn a little bit more. And as we learn, this knowledge becomes a part of humanity's wisdom that we might pass it down to those who come after us.'
The Xian had nothing to say. For she could not deny that one day, she would leave this place. With another wave of her hand, the crops retreated back into the earth, and the two resumed their daily work.
...Well? Do you agree with what the farmer said?"