She couldn’t beat sense into a stone. Not even when it seemed fun to try. - James S. A. Corey

Some things were secret even after you told them.

Like the roaches and the rats, ants had learned to live with their human neighbors without much trouble. When the concrete of human cities spread across the globe and half the animals on Earth were on endangered lists, no one had worried about the ants. They were doing fine, thanks, and spilled fast food was just as plentiful and delicious as dead forest animals had once been.
Adapt or die.

The intensity of your feelings isn’t evidence.