This is the “New World”,
It’s changed and will forever remain that way because of evolution...
My grandmother once told me the story of the past when I was a young child a long time ago. She said to me “Things were not always like this you know, the forests weren’t lush, the sky wasn’t blue and at a time we didn’t posses an Animal Soul.” I was too young to think of anything to say back and too interested to hear the rest of what she was saying, so I just listened.
She continued “Back before your time and mine, in that generation they did not treasure the world as we do now. The things before us were known as “humans” and they used the world’s life up until there was nothing left... They were nothing like us, they did not posses ears and a tail, their senses did not increase with time, it decreased and became lame with “Technology”. She looked at me, placing her hands in her lap and leaning forward she uttered “Do you want to know what lead to the beginning of the end for the “humans”?”
I simply nodded numbly; I was trying to consume all of this information as much as possible. My grandmother closed her eyes, her black cat ears lay low as she seemed to reminisce on what she was told so she could recite it to me. “The “humans” were lazy and desired more that what they needed to live off of and that is what lead them to their destruction my dear granddaughter. You see technology was created by “humans” for “humans” it did them no true service but provided them with a way to become useless and have everything they want done without really doing it themselves. So technology advanced, it became to be to the point were “humans” did absolutely nothing, their motor skills ceased to exist. But that wasn’t enough; “Humans” had to have everything in their control. So they caged any free animal and the demolished the earth till it was nothing but a hazardous wasteland so their way could prosper. The monsters we know now are because of the “Humans”. They caged up their animals back then for their own entertainment. So the animals evolve to what we know now in our world.
I couldn’t keep my tears held back any longer “Why would that do that?!! Their monsters!” I exclaimed, tears still streaking down my young cheeks back then as I looked up to my grandmother for answers. She bent down and wiped away my tears with her hand “Shhh... do not cry child” she said onto me “Just listen”
After a moment of silence, she continued “The “Humans” went on for centuries going about trying to advance their technology till one day. “Boom!!”” she yelled while throwing her hands up in the air for dramatic effects. “Technology had turned on the “Humans” the animals saw this as a chance of freedom and did not waste it one bit. They escaped! Technology self destructed its self, taking anything that knew about it or how to recreate it with it.”
I jumped at her sudden exclamation but with great glee at the change my eyes were wide with excitement and grin was plastered on my face. “Without technology though, many died. They knew not how to scavenge for food, or fend for themselves. So sole survives evolved and become what we are today. Because we had to evolve to survive we were able to obtain an animal soul.” She looked at me and smiled “Always be grateful for what you have Raeka, because you never know what could happen in the future.”