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[howlingday]

NOT LIKE US

Blake: Look, there's a crab.

Ruby: (Wolf Faunus) Hi, there, Mr. Crab~! Do you know where my sister went?

Jaune: (Shark Faunus) The crab can't talk, Ruby.

Ruby: Why not? Is he stupid or something?

Jaune: He's an animal.

Ruby: So what? We're animals, too!

Jaune: We don't have time for this!

Blake: Wait a minute. She has a point.

Ruby: Yeah! What makes us different from the crab?

Jaune: They're not... like us.

Ruby: What do you mean? Are you RACIST?

Jaune: What?! No! I mean they walk on more than two legs and live in the water! I'm pretty sure Weiss had some for dinner last night. They're not... Y'know, sapient!

Blake: But what truly makes one sapient? Is the crab's simple demeanor really a proper means to determine it's capacity for complex thought?

Jaune: Yes. Stop talking about this.

Blake: Have the Gods forsaken this creature?

Jaune: I said stop!

Blake: Or have they forsaken us by cursing us with intelligence?!

Jaune: BLAKE! Our teams are scattered across this island and I REALLY want to get away from this beach! Can you PLEASE have your existential crisis later?!

Blake: Does this quandary not weigh heavily upon your mind?

Jaune: No!

Ruby: Why? Because you're-

Jaune: NOT because I'm racist! We talk! They don't! There's nothing to think about unless we come across a non-sapient shark, or something!

Ruby: (Points) Like that?

Jaune: (Looks down)

Jaune: MAYBE THE GODS HAVE FORSAKEN US.