[That gets a hesitation in response, but it's not the uncertain kind; just the debating kind.]
Experience, mostly, for both. The name 'Aurion' seemed an insurmountable gap for my peers while I was a knight in training. They didn't mellow too much afterward.
[Given how young Kratos had been on earning the commander's rank.]
In many ways, I found the castle staff much easier to talk to. Aurion or not, I was just one more superior officer to them; but I bothered to treat them as individuals. It made things easier. As for the other --
[Now this hesitation is a touch of uncertainty, while Kratos studies Yuan.]
... I know it works because I was on the other end of it. For a long time I never thought much about half-elves. Someone changed my mind.
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Experience, mostly, for both. The name 'Aurion' seemed an insurmountable gap for my peers while I was a knight in training. They didn't mellow too much afterward.
[Given how young Kratos had been on earning the commander's rank.]
In many ways, I found the castle staff much easier to talk to. Aurion or not, I was just one more superior officer to them; but I bothered to treat them as individuals. It made things easier. As for the other --
[Now this hesitation is a touch of uncertainty, while Kratos studies Yuan.]
... I know it works because I was on the other end of it. For a long time I never thought much about half-elves. Someone changed my mind.