Zeratul2k said
Jason shrugged at Jacque's comments, swinging the sword ahead of himself as he walked, as if checking the balance. It was surprisingly light for its size, yet very sturdy. He wondered if maybe it was a titanium alloy, before his train of thought shifted to the question of how Warden was able to manipulate it. He looked back at Jacque as they kept walking. "Ours is a race of warriors, Jacque. We grow complacent and lazy in times of peace, so we need war every now and then to advance ourselves." He said, spinning the blade on his hand. He seemed to be pretty skilled with it, despite not looking like a guy that could pass for a soldier or an athlete. "It's how we've achieved our current tech level and how we'll keep advancing it. Besides... I'm sure you've noticed, but we humans are very squishy, individually. As a race, though... you just don't mess with a population with centuries of knowledge on how to best kill things."
Jacque's mouth twitched ever so slightly as he contemplated whether to laugh or grimace,"Young Jason, i've studied war, i've SEEN war, what you humans do cannot be called war, it can only be called destruction." Jacque said calmly as he lifted his cane and examined it. "You see, my people never had such troubles, likely because we viewed combat to be unsavory. Not to say we were above it, it was just when we fought, it was usually when some of our kind decided to try to reveal themselves to the world, or there a clash among houses over how your species was to be dealt with. You humans might have been our primary food source, but lets be honest, you were a danger not only to yourselves, but to other species as well. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times some houses have tried to organize a means to either enslave you all, or conduct a mass culling simply because we were afraid that the next war your kind fought would end the planet.".
Jacque lowered the cane and continued walking alongside Jason, "When my people finally DID reveal themselves to the humans, you know what their first response was? To try to wipe us out entirely. It was as though their fragile minds couldn't handle not being at the top of the foodchain. The calls for war were eventually quelled, but it helped us realize something; your species is literally incapable of going more than a few decade without finding a new battlefield. If they cannot find one single enemy, then they make one of their neighbors. They cannibalize each other while at the same time desperately searching for something different from them to fight instead. Your race isn't one of warriors...it's a race of monsters.".
Jacque felt as though he was beginning to talk a bit to much and closed his mouth, though there wasn't much time for the silence to become awkward as alarms suddenly began to blare throughout the ship, eliciting a groan from Jacque, "What now?".
