Ye Tian chewed a piece of meat and swallowed it down with some wine.
"Let's put it this way. Think about it, eagles have wings, so they fly up into the sky, as high and as far as they want. Tigers have teeth and claws, they eat whoever they feel like, and everything tastes delicious to those with good teeth and appetites. Let's not talk about animals and talk about you instead. Look at you, with your background, your abilities, and the efficient helpers at your beck and call, right? So you can go wherever you wish. But I can't. I'd fall to my death if I flew to the sky, get eaten by wolves in the woods leaving not even my bones behind, and if I challenged you one-on-one, I'd be utterly crushed! I can't take the high road, nor can I take the road to death, so there's no choice but to take the lesser path."
"People have to live, and living is the best strategy. I don't want to take risks or stray from the path, but if there's no path left, I have no choice but to take that one."
