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I'm not a wizard, but I am a priest, and a vegetarian at that. I do wonder though, if in the YW universe everything is basically "Alive", in that it all possesses a consciousness of sorts, what do the things we take for granted as being alive think when we eat them? Say, salads or hamburgers?
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There's mention of this in one or more of the books. Something about lettuce being left to wilt in the fridge, I think, and that, given that it's already in the store, it's unhappy about not fulfilling it's purpose when it gets thrown away instead of being eaten? ahh, here's a DD tumblr post:
http://dduane.tumblr.com/post/922428...s-and-such-did
Also, I believe there's some apprehension about carving pumpkins in the short story "Not on My Patch" so that's another one to read for ideas about the wizard's relationship to food.
Also, I recall that Filif eventually comes to an understanding that the trees and other vegetation & such on our planet aren't the same as his - there is some sentience, yes, but not like Filif. Somehow there's a hierarchy and the plants are there, in a sense, their purpose, which they can choose to embrace or not (as the Rowan explained to Nita in the first book!) is to prepare for and serve and be governed by - and taken care of - by the people?
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