"I don't...think so," Ariadne admitted. "But you have to understand that not every race experiences so much...variation. Elves are always born with blue eyes." And Alastrians were always born with gray. "Humans are almost always born without magic. A lot of things are set. And there are sometimes children who are half and half but...they're not treated very nicely."
She'd seen as much in the way the court whispered about Princess Amanda's daughter. The poor girl had to work twice as hard to prove herself even half an Elf. Ariadne's heart bled for her.
Not that it mattered much. Her unique combination of Human and Elf genes made her an effective warrior. And that mattered more than purity right now.
"My world is kind of under siege though," she said. "We don't have much time to think about that kind of thing. Not when we're too busy worrying about surviving."
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She'd seen as much in the way the court whispered about Princess Amanda's daughter. The poor girl had to work twice as hard to prove herself even half an Elf. Ariadne's heart bled for her.
Not that it mattered much. Her unique combination of Human and Elf genes made her an effective warrior. And that mattered more than purity right now.
"My world is kind of under siege though," she said. "We don't have much time to think about that kind of thing. Not when we're too busy worrying about surviving."