“Everyone knows that the mule-deer dreamed the cheetah into existence, because without the cheetah, the mule-deer’s development and health would languish terribly. Surely the snake evoked the eagle from its root, choosing an enemy so advanced that, merely to survive, the snake would be continually challenged beyond all possible answer. And it didn’t stop at the eagle. It invented the badger, the weasel, and when even they were not sufficiently challenging… mankind.”

— firstangel