Another thread resurrection. Scorpion-san made a very detailed and insightful post on this subject at the general discussion forum: if you bothered to read this thread, Scorpion's post deserves to be read by you too.

Follow the white rabbit here.

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"Understood the Sword his meaning, / Understood the hero's question, / And it answered him as follows: / 'Wherefore at thy heart's desire / Should I not thy flesh devour, / And drink up thy blood so evil? / I who guiltless flesh have eaten, / Drank the blood of those who sinned not?'"
-The Kalevala, Poem XXXVI, verses 327-334