It scared me to realize this. To know that I could treat another living thing, […], in the same way I was treated. There had been no learning, no evolution. There had been simply programming. And then I thought, maybe seeing for myself means something, makes a difference. Maybe this insight alone is like the ape-to-man chart they show you in school. Maybe I was slumped over before, dragging my knuckles. But now, right now, maybe I am just a little more upright. This was my hope.