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Old 29-03-2012, 11:07 PM
Sangress
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By non-sentient, I mean that they react only on instinct for survival, that they aren't necessarily self-aware the way we interpret sentient intelligence. Like the non-awareness of a bacteria. Bacteria can be harmful and deadly but they're not (as far as we know) self-aware.

Just throwing this out there, I've met a lot of entities that have both non-sentient and sentient "modes" to their behaviour. Usually if they are starved or wounded they'll shut off most higher functions since they use up a lot of energy and the more basic survival mechanisms take front seat.

Also some have a more dominant instinctual mind at first and learn to hone their intelligence as they mature, or they are first completely intelligent until some event (puberty? hah) throws their instincts into overdrive and they have to take time to find a balance.

So far I've never met any entity that always opperates in only one "mode" or the other (not even parasites.)

Just thought that was interesting.
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