Play dumb? My, and here I thought you were merely dumb all of the time.
[ rude ]
Hm, I see. I can't say flowers would be my choice, but... [ Anyway. He merely has no liking for flowers. This place has far too many already. ] What was the point you had, then? Was I correct in guessing it was about your mortals?
[Rude, but it's not the first time he's been insulted like this. So he just kind of sighs and lets it go in one ear and out the other.]
Just humans, Fandaniel, like myself. Unless you're insinuating I'm not one?
Anyway! Yes, it was about humanity, but you weren't quite on the mark about it. Humans deserve peace, yes, but more than that they deserve an equal place at the table. As I said before, they're overlooked and treated as mortal collateral in the eyes of the supernatural. Seen as something weak to protect, not to work alongside.
"If they won't listen to a dialogue of mutual gain, then perhaps they will have to listen to force instead." I think that's what went through my head at the time, anyway. It's not like I went down there to start a war.
I wouldn't really know one way or another with you, would I? And it's pretty rude to guess.
[Still. His smile grows cheeky.]
Only me. And not without a lot of persistence.
There's plenty of magic users who commune on a personal level. Ones who want and deserve to know more. But most people stay oblivious to the reasons behind their suffering. And even among those that can have a more contractual relationship, the human body will fall apart trying to control more than one at a time. So a threat of power can't come from the masses.
The acting prince of demonkind talks of pursuing more hands to the table. More progressive than his father, I'll admit that much. My current apprentice was actually invited to what was a... "workshopping" of sorts for realm stability.
But even that is fragile. They all see potential and progress, but even with that forward motion, they still do not see equivalents. Humans are still lesser. So I don't plan to back down until that viewpoint has changed.
Ha, so mankind does not sit at the table at all. So much bluster for nothing, Solomon. You and a mere apprentice... How does that do anything? Prove anything? Where are your world's leaders? Lacking any true leadership, it is only natural that they still do not consider you equal.
[ What a farce. All that huffing and puffing and throwing weight around in the past, and for what? Fandaniel can only scoff at it. ]
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[ rude ]
Hm, I see. I can't say flowers would be my choice, but... [ Anyway. He merely has no liking for flowers. This place has far too many already. ] What was the point you had, then? Was I correct in guessing it was about your mortals?
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Just humans, Fandaniel, like myself. Unless you're insinuating I'm not one?
Anyway! Yes, it was about humanity, but you weren't quite on the mark about it. Humans deserve peace, yes, but more than that they deserve an equal place at the table. As I said before, they're overlooked and treated as mortal collateral in the eyes of the supernatural. Seen as something weak to protect, not to work alongside.
"If they won't listen to a dialogue of mutual gain, then perhaps they will have to listen to force instead." I think that's what went through my head at the time, anyway. It's not like I went down there to start a war.
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I believe my insinuation would depend on whether or not you consider me a human. I, too, was born a mere man, after all.
[ Are either of them still "human"? Or are they now something apart from mankind? ]
Tell me, Solomon. Is it only you who stands at the table for your humanity, or are there others amongst them that could similarly be equal?
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[Still. His smile grows cheeky.]
Only me. And not without a lot of persistence.
There's plenty of magic users who commune on a personal level. Ones who want and deserve to know more. But most people stay oblivious to the reasons behind their suffering. And even among those that can have a more contractual relationship, the human body will fall apart trying to control more than one at a time. So a threat of power can't come from the masses.
The acting prince of demonkind talks of pursuing more hands to the table. More progressive than his father, I'll admit that much. My current apprentice was actually invited to what was a... "workshopping" of sorts for realm stability.
But even that is fragile. They all see potential and progress, but even with that forward motion, they still do not see equivalents. Humans are still lesser. So I don't plan to back down until that viewpoint has changed.
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[ What a farce. All that huffing and puffing and throwing weight around in the past, and for what? Fandaniel can only scoff at it. ]
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Were they to invite leaders, I wouldn't interfere. But they have never seen the need.
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[ Stab him with that smile as much as you like, Solomon. Fandaniel senses a lack of progress. ]
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Just because they will only budge in small gains doesn't mean I will stop.
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