(water washing ashore)
- [Narrator] Faunus parents entertain their children
with bedtime stories about where they came from.
"We are special", they say.
"We were chosen."
But chosen by whom?
The God of Animals traveled all over Remnant
seeking those who were a little more than human,
and invited them to sail to the shallow sea,
to discover their destiny.
- [God Of Animals] You did not fit in where you came from,
but I know who you are.
Leave this boat; enter the water.
It will wash your old life away
and show what you've always been just below the surface.
You belong here.
You are home.
(water splashing)
- [Narrator] Some of the people lept
at the chance the God offered.
(crowd shouting)
- [Narrator] Others were more skeptical.
- [God Of Animals] Though sea did not touch you,
it has revealed your own shallowness.
- [Narrator] Fables often teach lessons.
Such as the importance of looking beneath the skin.
But for Faunus, the story of the shallow sea
does something more vital.
It reminds them from a young age
that their own lives have value.
But Faunus are forced to grow up quickly.
As they mature, they learn darker stories;
in which the truth lies closer to the surface.
Many, many years ago, in a far away land,
there was a war between humans and animals.
(cries of warring groups)
(magical music)
- [God Of Animals] Why do you fight each other?
- [Human And Animal] Are you human/animal?
- [God Of Animals] I am neither and both.
Why are you fighting?
- [Human And Animal] They are not like us.
- [God Of Animals] Why must everyone be the same?
- [Human And Animal] We worry about what
they might do to us.
- [God Of Animals] So you have something in common,
after all. Judge, not what you fear others may do,
but by their actions.
- [Animal] We've seen the evil in their hearts.
Humans are even more capable of destroying things
than they are at creating.
- [Human] Animals are stronger than us,
but they will not join us in fighting the Grimm.
- [Animal] You tried to control us.
Why should we risk our lives to protect yours?
The Grimm have never bothered us.
All we want us to be free.
- [Human] You are too wild!
You must be tamed so you won't steal from us.
All we want is to live in safety and in peace.
- [God Of Animals] You assume the worst about one another,
but you are more alike than you know.
(zap)
If only you could see your best qualities as I do,
and embrace your differences.
I can end this conflict here;
but only if all submit to my judgment, whatever it may be.
- [Human And Animal] We accept your judgment.
(crowd gasping and wondering in confusion)
- [Faunus 1] I thought the God would choose
the superior species.
- [Faunus 2] Perhaps, they have.
- [Faunus 3] Were you human or animal before?
- [Faunus 4] It doesn't matter anymore.
- [Faunus 5] I can see so far!
- [Faunus 6] Look! I have hands!
- [Faunus 7} I'm so strong.
- [Faunus 8] I'm walking like a monkey!
- [Faunus 1] Seems we are neither human nor animals now.
- [Faunus 2] Then what are we?
- [Faunus 1 And 2] Better than both.
(Grimm growling)
- [Faunus 2] And it seems we now have a common enemy.
(shouts of fear)
- [Faunus] But we live here. Don't you know us?
- [Humans] We don't even know what you are.
- [Faunus 1] Were we so narrow-minded when we were human?
- [Faunus 9] Yes.
- [Narrator] And so the Faunus left
in search of a place they could live peacefully together;
where they could become the best versions of themselves.
These fables may seem fantastic.
Yet they reflect the real and unfortunate history
of conflicts between Humans and Faunus.
And though different versions of the same story.
They have some things in common;
Faunus leaving behind their old lives
to create a new future for themselves.
As well as the notion that Humans and Faunus
need each other to survive.
If we all set aside our differences
and work toward a shared purpose,
how much better would Remnant be for everyone?
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