Well, if you walked an eldrae through that logic chain, I’d guess they’d calm down a little, before pointing out that English assumes a soph will do nothing — when being able to do by act of will is intrinsically part of sophoncy.
They might calm down a little more if you point out that adherence to contract is an act of will for unmodded apes, whereas a descendant of the drake-marked must make an effort of will not to balance the scales precisely.
They’ll still sneer grandiosely and consider us pathetic and pitiable, but they might concede that the language’s assumptions match the typical brains of the primitive baselines and nearbaselines using it.