"Cats can't talk to mice, though. If you can talk to the folks you eat, doesn't that change things a little?"

Kinner wouldn't feel right eating an animal that could talk. It would feel...wrong, if not immoral.

But this stranger's not human, and it's likely her values aren't human.

"I'm definitely happy to be here in some form. It's good to be alive, well, after a fashion."