Thread:Goddess Ilias/@comment-23999472-20151020074331/@comment-26419174-20151021172440

 > That, like animals, they wander off into the wilderness never to be seen by their parents again

   OK, I see. Now, do you have evidence that this is what actually happens, especially considering that more and more monsters live in settlements either   formerly human one's (lescatie), or those of their own construction ranging from the massive city around DL's castle all the way to the presumably small Lamia villages.

>A week after birth? Two? A couple of months? Idk. Lots of animals run the whole gamut, and monsters are part animal, part succubus, so i would expect them to follow animal methods more than human methods.

You keep referring to animals supposedly rearing their young for mere weeks and then kicking them out, and use that model as the evidence for MG doing the same. The catch is, RL animal do not work that way. They keep their young protected until they are grown up enough to live independently. The time necessary   for that is not set in stone, but depends on the animal itself, however, generally the larger the animal, the longer the time. And that has to be taken in consideration, especially considering, that they also share several human traits,(presumable as a result of a succubus part). And one particularly relevant human trait is that humans are born underdeveloped, and thus take more time   to get to that stage. ultimately however, the bigest issue for me in your argument is that you have not actually given any evidence for your position. Only vague words.

 >How do you think the mother's DE gets into the child?

 Rather simple. Monsters produce and expel DE in the surrounding area by just living, and their children absorb some of it. The catch is   DE in small amounts dissipates after awhile, so it can only be reliably fed upon only in the area said monster stays for a long time. Your own idea about the "emotional bond " I do not find convincing. The bond between all mg' and DL cannot serve as evidence for it as it is unique, created in that way by the original CG, there is no evidence that analogies for it exist between   ordinary monsters. The bond with the husband cannot serve as evidence as well because   while MG's are capable of detecting husband's SE they are incapable of feeding on it or using it in any way, whereas the quote refers to children using their mother's DE. Since sensing does not equal using, the analogy fails and your theory  ends up lacking evidence.

 >I've proven it supports me, not you

 what. Where and when did you do it? Give me the quote where you "prove" it and the evidence you used to do so.

   >Monsters can be designed by the Chief God in the first place and then evolved in the thousands of eons since the world was set in motion

 Yes they can   in principle. But did they? And more importantly did they develop in the way you need them to, that is into r-reproduction species? Those are the questions you would have to answer, with actual evidence to boot. And then,   you would have to take into account the change from monster to MG and the ways it could screw that up, but let's start with first two shall we?

 > Also, does it mean that the number of all monster species put together is less than the number of humans, or does it mean that no single monster species outnumbers humans,

 Well the original quote does refer to all monsters in general, so I   would say that the former option is the correct one. That is further supported by the MGE I section on humans that calls them "the most proliferate form of intelligent life that inhabits the world". You can of course   argue the opposite, that   mg have indeed changed the demographic balance, but you would have to  give evidence for that.

 >Well, if you only want to look at one half of the situation, fine. But one could just as easily say...

 No you cannot. The quote I gave you explicitly states that the reason for the monster numbers going down was due to monster infighting rather that any kind of human activity. Here is the most relevant part: " After the demon lord is slain, the monsters kill each other to decide the next demon lord, and until a demon lord is decided, their number keeps decreasing on its own. "