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Human in the sense we all have souls, thoughts, and feelings? Yes. Human in the sense that current humanoid races aren't willing to genocide all the beast tribes to summon Hydaelyn, unlike a certain race of Ancients would Zodiark? No. That distinction has to stand. As we continue to see the Eorzean alliance make peace with and work toward saving the planet with those beast tribes, those souls that have been fractured to create the life that exists now are superior in the humanity department. The Ancients with all their knowledge and godlike powers still couldn't evolve spiritually, whereas current life has, so they deserve to be the stewards of the star, not The Ancients.

I also agree that the Ancients weren't sterile, but I think the intention of being seen as a child in Emet's recreation was intentional. Every private conversation between the WOL and Emet were leading to moment we got to "his" recreation of Amarout. Emet wanted us to experience it as children. He wanted us to look at things with the wonder of a child to stir the echo and reminisce about what once was and who we were. The whole experience has been filtered to stagger our understanding so we see it differently. That being said, we must not forget that Emet claimed "the Sound" was born of their (Ancient's) hubris. This is idea that fault was sugar coated to "we were so great, but destiny was against us" is just an admission of guilt with the least amount of ownership. That is an excuse a child gives because they lack the maturity to learn from their faults.