I'd say so. They don't have to, and, in fact, I'd say there isn't even often a punishment for failing to be kind... but they do.

( It isn't a necessary quality (in the slightest) for Hwy to like someone, but it is one he admires. )

I met a kind human just before coming here, myself. He gave me some delicious pastry, and didn't ask for anything I offered to trade him. He just let me have it, because there was none left being sold that day. I think that made more of an impression on me than most of his friends, who were more conservative.

( Like, normally so. Who lets a random guy just have their food, )