[She frowns, still lost in thought, and moves to take a seat on a fallen log.]

Because they're our children, in a way. We grow attached to individuals, and the actions of humanity shape the world we created. And because some of us...myself included...were born mortal. Our perceptions change with divinity, but the attachments we formed remain.

But I think it'd be difficult to value humanity as a whole. For any of us. Individuals are one thing, but the masses are another.