I get the main topic here is free will but... I think (back to the pig) that to me what stands out the most isn't that the pig wanted to die, nor that he had a slight hesitation, but that it alludes to him maintaining his intent (picking up the fork to eat the pig).

It's hard to think of consuming or harming something that has spoken to you, that was living and breathing and has feelings. The fact that the pig (and/chicken) could talk only adds more cause for hesitation.

But what gets me is that he understood the pig's wishes, and his, and that overrode whatever moral obligation he may have felt in that moment of hesitation. It's the idea that you can convince yourself of almost anything and be satisfied with the answer. That's what bothers and yet fascinates me.