Talk:River/@comment-24216186-20160117220442/@comment-7270135-20160130165539

I think sentient just means being aware of oneself and being able to overcome instincts with genuine thought. Some ways to test it is to put a mark on an animal, put them in front of the mirror, and if they look to the part where you marked them, then they would be sentient. Dogs didn't really pass that test. Oh of course, but after a month? Huh, I thought we would have stretched out that time a little more, unless they end up starting to pine for each other earlier than I thought they would. Noooo! Don't become a pie! Because that will mean I have to eat you and when I eat you, you wouldn't be there anymore…