Will cocked his head and blinked at the question. "What does being a kind person have to do with shame? Do you only behave decently because you'd be ashamed not to? I don't understand..."

He pouted a little trying to think of it. It made sense, he guessed. his time with humans have taught him that honor, recognition, and, yes, shame are great motivators in a lot of people and even societies as a whole. But such things rely on a panopticonic community of people spying on and judging each other.

"I really don't understand."