[quote=@Tank O The Lake]
<Snipped quote by Etcetera>

Humans are... funny things.  From their earliest days, I've [i]watched[/i] as they fought, aligned, broke apart, fractured into polities, and in the midst of all of that, retained the fundamental "humanness" that attracted me to them at the start.  They still loved, still hated, still took their cruel world and wrought beauty from it, even as their wars got worse and their dissensions more divisive--that leads me to believe that such things are intrinsic to their nature.

*I cast a sidelong glance at the workingwoman.*

I struggle to find a higher purpose than what they already do.
[/quote]

*Finally opens my mouth to speak*
If that's all humans are good for, then we sure are a sorry race, aren't we?