[Kal nods. He can tell this is a touchy subject and while he’s not going to pretend killing should be taking lightly, he also doesn’t want to come across like he’s judging or scolding him. He… has a bit of a tendency to be condescending even when he doesn’t mean to.]

I know what you mean… it’s going to be hard enough to survive and find a way home in this place when we don’t know what’s going on. But if it helps, some of the kids I saw are highly competent- Kon included. I’m sure they’ll do their best to handle themselves.

As for sentient, I mean if they were capable of thought or simply attacked mindlessly.