Talk:Reapers/@comment-25869525-20141215225436/@comment-174.91.10.130-20141217051049

I agree. Its not even just conditioning but also the result of a highly addictive drug that can easily kill them if they tried and withdraw from it.

The only thing I don't understand or that isn't explained is how do the mountain men get fresh reapers like Lincoln to develop such a strong taste for human flesh. As in the garage when he was captured by Octavia and Bellamy he was cannibalizing the two dead guards immediately upon killing them like the other two reapers where. While the drug could easily make them violent and savage it isn't clear for me at least how the drug could cause them to have such a strong taste for human flesh. It makes sense that over time they develop it because that's all they're given to eat but what prevents fresh reapers like Lincoln from eating other foods?