Their eyes were full of cognizance yet dull, making Aila's joyful expression suddenly recede.
These weren't savage beasts nor feral beasts but magical beasts with intelligence no different than humans. She knew that in farms like this, there were measures in place to curb the intelligence of these magical beasts by feeding them soul-crippling medicines that would cause their ability to speak and think properly to be greatly reduced, even to a state of being crippled.
This was even more so in the case of magical beasts that were reared only for the purpose of securing meat.
On the other hand, the earlier beasts that were mentioned, such as the Golden Horned War Rams, Gale Whisper Lynxes, and Azure Feather Skyrays, weren't fed that much soul-crippling medicines since they could be used for battling and other purposes.
"No matter where it is… the Rosy Cotton Rabbits are fated to be captured, bred and then driven to extinction out of human greed for their meat…"
