Board Thread:Important Logs/@comment-25687356-20171017213941/@comment-26510601-20171025225912

As Ieyasu tried to watch, before he could even force a crooked smile on his face it suddenly keeled over, this ape was full of surprises. Ieyasu slowly approached with Vodal, obviously not being as eager as the rest given his own personal insight on the creature. Vodal gave a prognosis as to what it was, and by Yuutheo's suggestion an argument started debating whether Ieyasu should kill the beast or allow it to live.

Did it not crush Ieyasu because it didn't want to hurt anyone, or out of necessity so the poison didn't spread. A surprising level of intellect seemed to go in this beast, if everything in the New World was like this Ieyasu had to grow a lot stronger. Normally things like this wouldn't bother him and he would just end the animal right then and here, but after everything that happened today a pang of apprehension struck Ieyasu. Why did he have to kill this beast? It didn't do the same to him, and even if it wasn't a man it certainly had the qualities of something beyond just any animal.

Would it even survive if they treated its injuries? What if it turned on them once it was healed? There were so many thoughts that rode on this decision that it drove Ieyasu to complete silence. After a moment of silence, it seemed as if Ieyasu finally had an answer after all as he suddenly shook his head.

"If I'm going to be a king, I'm going to need to treat my subjects well. I'm sorry, I won't be killing this 'fella; besides it wouldn't taste any good. So what can we do?"

Ieyasu asked Vodal, he was ready to help this ape. The reason why he spared the ape of death wasn't so much because of these naive and childish reasons he gave out. There was some level of respect for a powerful beast like this, and whether or not Ieyasu wasn't crushed because the ape had a consciousness like him didn't matter. What happened, happened, and because of it Ieyasu felt like he had a better understanding of the things around him because of this moment.