Fahrook's Thoughts: "Why am I against soul extraction?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Mortals are rational, thinking beings."

"They are not inferior entities just because they have a physical body attached to them. Nor should we think less of them for it."

"They are not livestock. But how does one convince the other Dragons?"

"Oh, the others know mortals are capable of higher thought."

"They just refuse to be inconvenienced in the slightest degree."

"And yet I've continued to work on soul extraction."

"I've tried to make the process less painful."

"But the damage is done."

"The atrocity is mine to bear."