This has inspired me into a certain lesson to be learned about Flutter Shy and would like for Fen to point out in Feather Fall. One thing I’ve noticed about Flutter Shy is that she will use violence when something from nature has been hurt in even the slightest way. However, one thing Flutter Shy doesn’t know how to do is close her heart to those who take advantage of her kindness and so the very element she represents becomes her greatest weakness. I’m a firm believer in the idea that “you need to GIVE kindness to GET kindness” and to close that kindness off when one tosses it away or tries to turn it for naivety. A major thing Flutter Shy forgets to realize is that nature itself is not always kind or pacifistic, in fact carnivores HAVE to be violent in order for them and their families to survive, but that doesn’t make it malicious or destructive. Wolves, who are considered keystone species in nearly all forests here in America, hunt there food not because they have hatred for their pray, but because they need to feed themselves and their families, and in turn, the herbivore population remains in check. Without carnivores, herbivores would over populate to the point where they consume more plant life and foliage than what nature is able to supply, eventually leading to their food source being depleted entirely and causing all other life to starve to death until there’s nothing left. To fight for that which you hold dear and protect that balance from those who wish to disrupt it, that is the meaning of true kindness, not absolute pacifism.