Talk:Penny Polendina/@comment-27144409-20191216233738/@comment-24018437-20191220192651

Thats...the defenition of sapience. A dog is sentient in the sense that it can think of simpler things and has basic emotions. But its still mostly ruled by instincts. It doesn't ponder its own existence or make decisions based on morality. Humans and faunus do. Its what makes them sapient.

Remnant's sapient creatures really aren't that different from real-world humans or even sapient creatures from other franchises in that regard. Humans and faunus can, as sapient, rise above instincts and use morality (light and dark) to make choiches and that's the defenition of free will in this context. That doesn't mean that Remnant's animals are somehow not sentient. It just means that, like real-world animals, they're mostly restricted to their instincts. But even so, a dog has the 'free will' to choose when to chase something or when to back down. To suggest a Remnant animal doesn't have that basic capibility is really odd and unlikely.