He raises an eyebrow at her, though it's less about the commentary and more about where, exactly, her gaze has fallen. If throwing knives are beyond him, he certainly hasn't tried anything quite so intimidating as javelins, though perhaps that's the point in all of this.
"In my day, there was less stigma attached to a rural background." That isn't entirely true, but any discrimination faced by someone due to the style of their upbringing was still less prominent than that of their socioeconomic background. Wealth, after all, presumed at least a modicum of education, if not actual enlightenment. Sophistry is always preferable to simplicity in polite society.
"Although my parents would have very likely considered all of this to be some form of witchcraft. At least at first." He gestures to the florescent lights beaming down on them with a small smile. They'd have picked it up eventually, but the intermediary confusion would have been something to see.
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"In my day, there was less stigma attached to a rural background." That isn't entirely true, but any discrimination faced by someone due to the style of their upbringing was still less prominent than that of their socioeconomic background. Wealth, after all, presumed at least a modicum of education, if not actual enlightenment. Sophistry is always preferable to simplicity in polite society.
"Although my parents would have very likely considered all of this to be some form of witchcraft. At least at first." He gestures to the florescent lights beaming down on them with a small smile. They'd have picked it up eventually, but the intermediary confusion would have been something to see.