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[SOLDIER First]

The man steels himself. He thinks, for the briefest of moments.

"I want my own people, and the Faekind, to be treated just the same as you humans are."

[Sanure]

"Ah, and how do you advise I end racism and hate for the non-humans? I am sorry Geraint, but it is not within my power to end the hate that the humans of Esbellern, nah, the whole of Valkain have for your kind. Perhaps in several generations our people will come to see each other as equal, but until then, I ask that you choose something within my power."

[SOLDIER First]

"It is most definitely within your power, sir. You just need to enforce the law. After all, what's the point of laws if there is no punishment for breaking them? I'd hardly expect you to allow a guard who, say, smuggles illegal herbs into the city to stay on your guard.

And yet you allow those same soldiers to subjugate us, and turn a blind eye to others who do the same, day in and day out. I suppose this is just different."

[Sanure]

"I recommend you watch your tongue aro-" "Enough, Sieg. Geraint, everyone of the royal guard who you see in this room. as well as my advisors and family, is among the most trusted, dedicated, and upstanding people I have come to know. Racism is not ended in a day, nor can it be enforced when the majority of your soldiers are part of the problem. This generation is lost to help. Only time can mend the wounds you seek closed. Over the course of my rule, I have given Fae and Beastkin, not only equal rights, but have set up schools and laws to weed out the racism that is taught. I have given up on seeing it in my time, I can only ensure that my heirs and grand heirs live to see the day that the kingdom is equal during their reigns."

[SOLDIER First]

"'Only time can mend the wounds I seek closed'? This isn't simply like planting a seed that will become a tree when your children have aged. Fine, I will pretend for a moment this works as you describe, and generations from now these beliefs are eradicated.

But what are we supposed to do until then, just suffer through it? Hope that every time I pass one of your guard in the street that they won't invent some fantastic reason to have me jailed simply because I'm a beastkin? If this is you idea of addressing an issue, I would hate to see how you handle war. Good bye, emperor. I won't be needing anything from you."

Geraint calmly spits, turns around, and exits the grand hall.

[Projeck37]

Freyja watches as Geraint leaves the grand hall, and bows.
"Pardon me, my liege. I must make sure my companion doesn't get himself into trouble."
With that, Freyja leaves the grand hall, following after Geraint.

[SOLDIER First]

"I don't need your help, girl," Geraint says, without looking behind him.

[Sanure]

"Elaine Ignis, Please step forward."

[Projeck37]

"I just needed an excuse to leave. Your outburst was convenient."
Freyja puts her cloak back on, but leaves the hood lowered.

[SOLDIER First]

He stops walking with literally no warning. Freyja is quite liable to walk into him.

"Outburst?"

[Projeck37]

"Yes. Your outburst."
Freyja calmly walks around him, moving on to do her own matters.

[SOLDIER First]

"Advocating for my right to exist without being harassed because of who I am. An outburst.

...You disgust me."

[Projeck37]

"I'm not saying what you were saying was wrong. It's how you went about it. Insulting the one man who can make a difference isn't the best way to go about more change... but he's right. We can't erase racism in a day, or a week, or even 10 years. The best way to do it, is to educate our children. Yes, I think more strict laws could be set in place, but you have to think about it like a game of chess, Geraint. Think ten steps ahead."
Freyja shrugs.

[SOLDIER First]

"Ten steps ahead I'm in jail because the guards got a tip-off about the beastkin with a temper issue and decided I could use a little stay. Changing the future is certainly better than nothing, but what about the present? I'll still be hiding myself in public half the time until the day I draw my last breath.

You don't understand what it's like. None of you. So I'm going to take what you say with plenty of salt, Frostwind."

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Elaine....actually walked out after Geraint, more or less without a word.

....surprising? Probably not.