human
Finish him? That's King Madoc, Pierre's trained bull-moose. You'd be finished yourself, I fear, if you harmed that splendid creature. Pierre's a lazy fellow, mostly, but he spent a long time teaching Madoc, and with his temper--I'm thankful you lost your gun.
gpt
Do you never shoot things up here? I saw you giving the fox and herons what looked like meat. You had a stew for supper, and fish for breakfast. I don't mean to be impertinent, but the sight of that big game---- Whew!
human
Yes. We do kill things, or have them killed, when it is necessary for food. Never in sport. Man is almost the only animal who does that. It's all terrible, seems to me. Everything preys upon something else, weaker than itself. Sometimes when I think of it my dinner chokes me. It's so easy to take life, and only God can create it. But uncle says it is also God's law to take what is provided, and that there is no mistake, even if it seems such to me.