I suppose if the dragons consider dragonflies the same ‘race’ as themselves, they could do the same for catfolk and humans based on the origin of the lion’s share of their DNA, even though for all practical purposes if they are mutually infertile they are different species. There is probably, from what he is saying, a lot of pressure to not rock the boat if possible, and the felines weren’t around to be signatories to the treaty anyway.
I suppose if the dragons consider dragonflies the same ‘race’ as themselves, they could do the same for catfolk and humans based on the origin of the lion’s share of their DNA, even though for all practical purposes if they are mutually infertile they are different species. There is probably, from what he is saying, a lot of pressure to not rock the boat if possible, and the felines weren’t around to be signatories to the treaty anyway.