Maryanne
I think he does but I'm not sure he knows it.
But why was she prepared to take her family with her? She must have known that it could go horribly wrong, especially if she had had bad experiences with my dad.
I think that is exactly what humans are from my father's point of view: less evolved. I am half/half, I can try to understand humans as much as him or maybe I can understand neither. I do not know. But I think the superiority you feel towards animals is the same superiority he feels towards humans.
But that frame of mind is also your weakness. I can see it in my uncle and my father exploited that. I do not say feel weak but a wise person knows its boundaries and which fights to stay out of. When we were back in Rivendell, you refused to take a very quick and easy way home during the evening hours. The forest is dangerous in ways I do not think anyone can fathom. There might be things in there that we don't know exist. It was an unnecessary risk in my eyes.