Human's Folly

***Human's Folly*** is a legend spread throughout numerous Animalian Tribes. It is used as a way to not only explain how the dinosaurs and beasts came to live on the world, but also how Humanity disappeared from the planet Earth.

## Main Story

*A long time ago, all animals once existed in content and in coexistence with nature, regardless of what kind of creature they were or what function they had in the environment. Mother Nature gave them all gifts to better survive in the world and all was good and well. That was, until a feeble creature known as the human first started to appear on the planet. Shortly after they first appeared, they spread all across the globe, quickly becoming the dominant lifeform on earth. They transformed their lives into what other animals could only dream of, including having no predators or competition and able to live carefree lives. The other animals of the world tried to talk them into returning to nature, but they became so dominant and so powerful that they convinced themselves that they alone were deserving to rule the world and reshape it into whatever they wished, thus completely abandoning nature itself and refusing to listen.*

*As time went by, under their delusion, they decide that instead of relying on what nature created, they decide to create a whole new world in their vision. They pushed the "old world" away in favor of the "new world" they were creating, and the other animals were unable to stop them, as humanity only saw them as either objects to be changed and altered to suit them, or obstacles to be forced away. They transformed them into numerous things, including war animals, pampered pets, and tools for laboring work. During the process, the animals they made grew stronger and smarter, until the tensions between them lead to an all-out war between both them and their creators.*

*Following the start of this war, billions of lives were lost in it. Humanity tried to stop them, but they underestimated their creations and how powerful they made them, and such their worldwide empire was unable to keep up with them. The natural world was left so divided and broke, it was a wonder that it was able to survive through it at all. After the war was over, humanity was left in scattered tribes made up of only the shy and the xenophobic, though over time these two started dying off. The story ends with saying how humanity achieved so much in their lives yet earth itself proved that it didn't need them as much as they wanted to believe it did, thus humanity disappearing from earth, with only their creations left behind as their last remnants.*

## In-Universe Influence

Many of the Animalian Tribes of the world accepted this story as the main reason behind Earth's current state, including the reason Dinosaurs and Beasts exist in their world as a whole, becoming common knowledge by the time the Crystal Gems returned to Earth. Raksha tells them this story in full as a way to help them fully understand what happened to earth while they were away, this story being the only main story the tribes have to explain the events.

## Trivia

* During Raksha's explanation of the story, some unknown Gems could be seen amongst the story in states of leadership over humanity: one from a hologram shown in "Cheeseburgar Backpack", and one from a flashback in "A Single Pale Rose". As the story never directly or indirectly mentions gems though, these were most likely easter eggs put in by the artist.
* A brief shot of a hatching egg with a reptilian eye can be seen, as reference to "Jurassic World" and the shot of a hatching Indominus Rex.