I will submit to your wisdom and experience, apothecary. Perhaps I spoke hastily in defense of a man who may well have threatened my own life as well had I been there, but lacking decorum? Propriety? Certainly not. I stand by my chain of logic. The gentleman in question is a knight of this land unless his given name is "sir." That he was made to apologize at all shows the severity of his misdeeds, but to expect more or even speak in a terse fashion toward your social better when the matter has been resolved and accepted is not propriety, especially when he is making an effort to learn of the cultures of Barran and offers to add to the festivities. Sir Grim shows his true nobility by not responding to her taunts. I hold no such burden and I have already known the racist hatred that my dear cousin has for me. Perhaps you should do all of Barran a favor and teach Sir Grim our ways before Zalia or I convince him that we are all squabbling children and our pleas for aid against the horrors of our land go unheeded. I will leave this discussion asking only one last thing of the people of Ashbury, please do attend this gathering. My sweet nemesis is not without merit. If I thought that were the case, I would not waste my time telling her that she could take a higher road. I value her efforts and that of her stoic companion to salvage Barran from the horrors that some of my people gladly laid their lives down for their Emperor to create. Our mission is the same. It is sad that I and others of my kind must face this sort of prejudice even when we acknowledge that we bear some of the responsibility to bring Barran back to its former glory. This is a quest we share in common and we may not be able to achieve it unless we work together. I certainly don't think that talking down to a noble who offers to learn our ways in a land we seek help from is going to help anything, but I could be wrong. I look forward to learning just how wrong I can be and correcting myself (but I am still likely to speak out when ever I see a gesture of friendship (even if it might lack sincerity) reacted to with such venom.) It is simply the way I was raised.
I'm sure we'll all get along splendidly when we meet as the prosperity of our homeland hangs in the balance.
May my belief that Barran can grow and become a better place without irrational hatred not turn out to be the delusions of a madman,
Naerduil, the tragically demonized advocate of truth, beauty, freedom and love.