Something had happened. The creatures which, before had run away or been eaten, were now responding to this new verbal skill. It had never used the verbal skill as the others had, to cooperate and grow food. Why would it? The world was filled with food. But now, the creatures were responding… doing what they were told.
And it had ideas, plans, visions. How things would fit together, what could be done with them. More and more it gave the creatures order, had them gather food, while it thought, and created.
And then, one day, the others came. They killed several creatures. Not eating them, just leaving them for the smaller creatures to eat. And capturing many of the smaller creatures. And the creatures seemed to do nothing…
Don’t tell me, but let me speculate here: This is a super-genius discovering speech, cooperation, and commands. It’s just beginning to blossom in its new intelligence. Then comes Man, and he watches Man learning.
Interesting that he calls the less-developed of his species ‘creatures’. Calling Man ‘others’ makes perfect sense. He seems to have learned language from Us. Interesting!