But it still spoke.
"Instead of returning to the primitive, fighting like our ancestors three hundred years ago. You can learn from Ji Xinghe, but you shouldn't learn his madness; we are intelligent beings, not the food on the table."
Emperor Wu III listened quietly, its speed unwavering as it navigated the complex base's internal corridors, familiar with each turn, never pausing to choose a path or waiting for doors to open.
When it arrived at the base and informed the Transition Base's command center apes and monkeys of its intended destination, its path was unquestionably unobstructed.
This was true dominion.
