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<blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 2520633" data-attributes="member: 2710">MidianMidian bites his lip and thinks a moment, then sets forth his choices: &quot;the Serens of Argonessen, Xen'Drik, or Riedra,&quot; then he turns to Boromar to answer his question.[OOC: I figure the rest of this is a one-on-one conversation overhearable but equally dismissable (depending on a given character's interest in hearing Boromar and Midian have another of their &quot;nature talk&quot; tangents), so I'll s-block it to let folks decide if their character wants to listen in or not][sblock]Midian tilts his head and smiles patiently at the warforged. &quot;Now you, Bor, I should think know my answer by now,&nbsp; but given your tenacious curiousity, I'll indulge.&quot;Some birds bore holes in trees to make their homes. Badgers and moles dig tunnels and burrows in previously untouched ground. There are plants whose life cycles are seemingly devoted to strangling the life out of every other strain of plant in their territory. A breed of wasp lays its eggs in the bodies of grub worms, so their offspring eat the worm alive when they're born.&quot;All of these are obvious examples of a creature exerting its will on the world, many of them clearly destructive to other forms of life. However, I suspect there isn't a druidic tradition around that would declaim them as unnatural. That the sentient races have a wildly larger affect on the world when they exert their will is undeniable, but given the examples, I have a hard time seeing how it's not natural.&quot;Midian chuckles and gestures for another drink. &quot;Or, rather, I'd have a hard time explaining to the poor grub worm why people seem to think nature enjoys its plight but rails against those of the Mournland. &quot;Should we work to find a balancing natural enemy for effects like the Mourning? Certainly. Should we claim nature abhors its very existence? I'm not so readily convinced.&quot;[/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jkason, post: 2520633, member: 2710"] [b]Midian[/b] Midian bites his lip and thinks a moment, then sets forth his choices: [color=SandyBrown]"the Serens of Argonessen, Xen'Drik, or Riedra,"[/color] then he turns to Boromar to answer his question. [i][OOC: I figure the rest of this is a one-on-one conversation overhearable but equally dismissable (depending on a given character's interest in hearing Boromar and Midian have another of their "nature talk" tangents), so I'll s-block it to let folks decide if their character wants to listen in or not][/i] [sblock]Midian tilts his head and smiles patiently at the warforged. [color=SandyBrown]"Now you, Bor, I should think know my answer by now, but given your tenacious curiousity, I'll indulge. "Some birds bore holes in trees to make their homes. Badgers and moles dig tunnels and burrows in previously untouched ground. There are plants whose life cycles are seemingly devoted to strangling the life out of every other strain of plant in their territory. A breed of wasp lays its eggs in the bodies of grub worms, so their offspring eat the worm alive when they're born. "All of these are obvious examples of a creature exerting its will on the world, many of them clearly destructive to other forms of life. However, I suspect there isn't a druidic tradition around that would declaim them as unnatural. That the sentient races have a wildly larger affect on the world when they exert their will is undeniable, but given the examples, I have a hard time seeing how it's not natural."[/color] Midian chuckles and gestures for another drink. [color=SandyBrown]"Or, rather, I'd have a hard time explaining to the poor grub worm why people seem to think nature [i]enjoys[/i] its plight but rails against those of the Mournland. "Should we work to find a balancing natural enemy for effects like the Mourning? Certainly. Should we claim nature abhors its very existence? I'm not so readily convinced."[/color][/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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