[ if he hadn't already been exposed to the incredible here (or, weren't more accustomed to the fantastical back home, also), viren would have to backtrack through that sentence - did he just admit to being an eldian, and that potential?


huh. viren's eyebrows have arched, eyes momentarily widened in astonishment, perhaps leaning forward a bit in his seat as he listens. there's only intrigue to his expression, but conscious of keeping it polite, rather than looking at the man like he's some sort of... err, specimen. (it does sound dangerous, if -- cool). ]

I ... see. [ responded carefully. he would be lying to himself, to say that he absolutely didn't understand how the average human wouldn't fear something like that, to come to hate it, or to use. a hand lifts to stroke his beard, and he leans back in his chair. ] Then you would understand it, to an extent.

[ he did say as much, anyway, to a broader extent -- that a world has to be exempt from that typ of division. viren hasn't an issue, answering honestly (but yes, as is also his perspective): ]

Humans... are not beings of magic; we have no connection to any natural, magical source, called a "primal" source. [ a frown tugs at his mouth. ] But elves and dragons, they are. We were never viewed as equals and thus suffered for it.

But a human discovered a method in which we might share in that power — we rose up, and the dragons and elves retaliated by forcibly removing every human from their land, and then to divide the content in two.

[ humans on one side - dragons, elves, all other creatures on the other. ]

This was hundreds of years ago, yes, but tensions never quite eased.