Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter One: The Cosmos (section)

===Motivations:===

More than anything, Neids want to demonstrate the truth and worth of their convictions. Whether this desire is directed at their old colleagues or to their new peers, Neids need to demonstrate their capability and vision. Those who were mediocre scientists before their Breakthrough are especially eager to show how Inspiration has transformed them. For some Neids, this motivation is based on simple jealousy or insecurity, and an urge to gloat after proving everyone else wrong. But not all Neids are so small-minded and insecure: others want to raise their former peers up to their level, to spread Inspiration as far as they can, to show their old colleagues what a gift, and what a curse, genius can be.

Neids are also intrinsically suspicious. They hide secrets from all but their closest friends (if they have any), use ciphers and riddles to conceal the true meaning of their words, and plan to be treated as horribly as one human being might possibly treat another. When their survival is at stake, the desire to share and to justify falls away, replaced by an overwhelming, almost atavistic need to avoid theft, betrayal, and victimization.