Ahh... Well, we all bloom when the time is right. It's just not that time yet, obviously.

[Thinking about it, Bulba thought he could understand some of the issues Kieran would have with this. A while ago he might have found it odd to question the nature of who he was, but it was only fairly recently that Bulba had started to reaccept that poisonous half as a part of himself.]

It's contradictory, but I think it works as a balance more than anything. It's hard to appreciate life to its fullest without knowing the bitter side of things, and at the same time it would be hard to be wary of poison if you weren't alive.