Many people said that the alien demons had no emotions.
The joy, anger, sorrow, and delight in their tones were all imitations of other creatures. Through precise calculations, they chose what tone to use and when. If you thought your words had stirred their emotions, you were simply being too self-important. Much of the time, their emotions were only to suit you.
This passage came from a report by one of the earliest xenobiologists to study the alien demons. Eonar still remembered how, back then, a top university official from the faction had personally quoted it to warn the Lord about that thing.
She remembered that the Lord had thought very little of the report's contents. Even now, she still remembered his reply.
"I believe some of his judgments are correct. For example, their emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and delight are imitations of ours. After all, they come from a different world. The emotional and spiritual states of their world are often different from ours. But to say that all their emotions are merely to suit you is obviously one-sided. It would be more accurate to say that, much of the time, the emotions in their tone appear to be tailored to you. But you can't say they have no emotions of their own. Remember, they are living creatures, not machines. They have desires, and where there are desires, there will be emotions. As for which moments of expression are genuine and which are false, you'll have to judge that for yourself!"
Eonar looked up at the dragon, whose voice had suddenly turned cold. A strange look appeared in her eyes. Were those emotions it showed just now real or fake?
When it had recalled the Lord just now, its eyes had been filled with emotion—nostalgia, surprise, pride. The