User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 9: Search and Destroy/@comment-10390252-20141003134556/@comment-67.1.251.16-20141005061531

While that all-out war inevitably claims lives on both sides, it also creates the opportunity for growth. Both humans and Grimm have now been shown to have grown beyond their natural state due to their war for survival.