[A touch brusque, watching narrow-eyed as Yuan goes from straight-backed to slightly ... not.]
I don't need nor want a -- slave, and I'm not your superior officer; and as an Aurion, I don't have a title beyond my rank as a knight. That means you should be my peer.
[Well, there's the social status difference; but Kratos doesn't have nearly the power a true noble would, and Yuan's lack of wealth is hardly his fault. At any rate, many of the subsistence bloodlines have lost out somewhat in terms of levying political power for their lead families. Wealthy, yes, sponsored, yes; not needed. Not anymore.]
no subject
[A touch brusque, watching narrow-eyed as Yuan goes from straight-backed to slightly ... not.]
I don't need nor want a -- slave, and I'm not your superior officer; and as an Aurion, I don't have a title beyond my rank as a knight. That means you should be my peer.
[Well, there's the social status difference; but Kratos doesn't have nearly the power a true noble would, and Yuan's lack of wealth is hardly his fault. At any rate, many of the subsistence bloodlines have lost out somewhat in terms of levying political power for their lead families. Wealthy, yes, sponsored, yes; not needed. Not anymore.]