“I have nothing against humanity,” he says, in the same way he does most things: calmly and while surely taking his time. How could he dislike humanity, their unnecessary luxuries and shallow comfort are blessings for someone like him. Fabrics that aren’t needed or recommended, wrapped around seats too big for one human alone, used as a commodity and covered in cushions of different shapes and colours, all that to create the ultimate sense of comfort, that will be discarded once the human has decided to eat on that piece of furniture and leave all the crumbs behind, but one that Silenus appreciates very much.
Would the Ancient Greeks have had seatings as comfortable as the modern day furniture called ‘couches’, Silenus might have found himself residing in King Mida’s Palast for a bit longer.
“While short in life expectation, they surely have found ways to make said short time worthwhile, and oh how they adore the liquid I spend so much time creating, it’s flattering. I simply don’t understand why you’ve decided to stay here with this faction of humanity. Is it because of the way Zeus has wronged you? Or is the company of these humans so pleasant? It took me quite a while to find you, ἀγαπητέ. And it wasn’t in the best of states. So it doesn’t seem to me that humans are that pleasant.”
