Forest of Tides Page 61 (Patreon)

'A lot of beasts of legend could be regarded as ordinary animals. Huge beings causing destruction and peril just by existing... This does not apply to humans. They aren't just simple creatures, sharing the struggles of life with us, only on a different scale. They are monsters. In the rawest sense of the word. They are said to be the result of unnatural magic, they are the evil born from one's heart who goes against the will of the Spirits. From their creation to their eventual destruction the one thing they do in destroy and consume everything and anything that moves. In stories there is always a brave hero, who -with their wits and tricks- can end a humans' miserable existence, we aren't certain that in reality such battles have ever taken place. We do not know if a human is destructable or not. Logical sense does dictate that they should have some sort of natural enemy, or a poisonous plant we could use. Let's just hope that in our modern age we will not encounter such a situation, where we will have to experiment with these methods.'

 Snippet from the late Chief Shousei's diary where she philosophizes about the dangers mythical beasts present to our towns under the barrier.