Who said anything about “once swine, always swine?”
I just refuse to give credit to “potential ex-swine” while they’re in the process of “oinking.”
Oinks are individual.
Your approach said volumes. Sometimes a manner of acting is, in itself, a witness to the otherwise unspoken.
Also it’s possible to misuse many divine dicta. Things are often not privileged to be absolutely black or white from our ability to perceive them.
Was that an oink? Or a grunt? Or maybe a squeal? Can other circumstances bring about such expressions? Could we be projecting? Are we up to the task of deeper exploration? All these things need to be taken into account in what often cannot be an initially 100% clear picture.