[ He says it with a slight nod. He knows the type, that they are so worn and attached to tradition and station that giving that up is... a great acquiescence. It's one of the reasons why he'd always simply called Marcus by his given name. Down in Zaun, there were no family names to speak of, no legacy -- they were often dead before one reached adulthood anyway -- and everyone was solely independent, the make of their own achievements, not those of the people who came before.
He has a particular... opinion, for people who use family names as was to bandy about power. ]
If you remain here with us in Zenith, I think you will find that we are a rather diverse group. Where we come from matters little, but what we can do is what matters the most.
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[ He says it with a slight nod. He knows the type, that they are so worn and attached to tradition and station that giving that up is... a great acquiescence. It's one of the reasons why he'd always simply called Marcus by his given name. Down in Zaun, there were no family names to speak of, no legacy -- they were often dead before one reached adulthood anyway -- and everyone was solely independent, the make of their own achievements, not those of the people who came before.
He has a particular... opinion, for people who use family names as was to bandy about power. ]
If you remain here with us in Zenith, I think you will find that we are a rather diverse group. Where we come from matters little, but what we can do is what matters the most.
You said you were a witch, yes?
[ More magic, he thinks, disparagingly. ]