I would like to begin with a quote by Nikanj about humans, but really relating to everyone else but the ooloi, that motivates my whole understanding of the ooloi: “Give them as much as they can take, and no more…Start them slowly, and in only a little time, they will be more willing to give up eating than to give you up” (678). I understand that the ooloi are biologically motivated to manipulate in this way, and can perhaps be thought of as amoral instead of strictly immoral.