I suppress a snort. Living with dragons for so long has done wonders to disabuse me of so many common zebra superstitions and misplaced feelings of superiority, I often forget that even the most naïve of zebras would still harbour them in some measure. The kelpies were definitely not evil, just territorial to an aggressive fault, much to the chagrin of the merchant fleets. And the abadas just wanted to be left alone, not that the Empire cared what they thought. The only real argument for evil could be made about the blackhorn abadas specifically, and even then, I don’t know them well enough to judge, especially given the wild rumours that circulate on them, often crossing into the realm of ridiculous.