Krem frowns deeply, leaning forward with his hands together in front of his chin. elbows on his knees.

"I grew up a step above slavery, saw a lot of people, both elves and human, getting stepped on and fucked over by everyone else. Made friends with those few elves that'd even look at me without wincing. Don't like seeing that here any more than I did there. Doesn't matter what flag you're flying, you're still people worth protecting."