He nodded, and started to organize the scrolls back into his bag, since Pel seemed like she wanted to talk, perhaps give her mind another thing to focus on. "Then I shall put my chivalry to fuck off, as the phrase goes."

A pause, before his smile turned wry, "No. Unless you mean are most of my kith a nation of fools and half-wits, then I shall change that to maybe. Mostly - it is considered a deformity and no birthright to want. I was fortunate - or less fortunate depending on your point of view - to be born into nobility -- and to have enough genius to realize I was going to have to be good at something outside of juggling."

He patted his two bags of books, "Hence, vigorous education."