Scugs are more interesting as a furry-like species at least. They obviously have skills and abilities that convey OPPOSITE of animals even before DP. I like the idea they hang out and eat blue fruit and slime mold casually! Maybe even go on hunts together because they're partners or best friends! You literally see Monk portray familial attachments to Survivor in their intro cutscene. They had to go find them no matter what. Even if it was in the VOID SEA, which they understand they must forgo everything that COULD make them bound to the cycle. The Cycle, which is CLEARLY, attached to sapient species exclusively and yet they say Scugs are "animals". Forgetting Ancients were technically a type of animal that was highly aware and SAPEINT. Sapiency also doesn't exist in a spectrum like people assume. It's a progress bar that's infinitely growing. You can't say something is "highly sapient" just because your sapiency is progressed further than another hypothetical AND FICTIONAL species.
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