That just earned a confused blink from Archeval for a moment, the other glancing over with a furrowed brow.
"What do you mean? I don't l--... ......Ah. No, it's not like that. I don't like slavers," he corrected quietly, giving a little sigh as he glanced off to one side with a pursed lips and a faintly awkward look.
"...I've nothing against nobles in specific, though anyone with power and money who chooses to misuse it can take a walk out an airlock as far as I'm concerned. But having some title all of a sudden hardly makes you a different person, even if you did choose to claim it."
Another pause. He stared up into the cloudy white sky over the garden for a moment with a bland, unreadable look.
"I was born in the slave pens of a colony world, and now I am one of the rulers of our Empire," he went on, quietly.
"But 'Darth Imperius, the Dark Councilor' -- he is still Archeval, the Vakkari boy who grew up sewing uniforms. I've not become someone else just because I was given a fancy name. And I would never assume any different of you. A title is just a tool, like any other. Pick it up when it's useful, put it down when it's not. It does not define you."
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"What do you mean? I don't l--... ......Ah. No, it's not like that. I don't like slavers," he corrected quietly, giving a little sigh as he glanced off to one side with a pursed lips and a faintly awkward look.
"...I've nothing against nobles in specific, though anyone with power and money who chooses to misuse it can take a walk out an airlock as far as I'm concerned. But having some title all of a sudden hardly makes you a different person, even if you did choose to claim it."
Another pause. He stared up into the cloudy white sky over the garden for a moment with a bland, unreadable look.
"I was born in the slave pens of a colony world, and now I am one of the rulers of our Empire," he went on, quietly.
"But 'Darth Imperius, the Dark Councilor' -- he is still Archeval, the Vakkari boy who grew up sewing uniforms. I've not become someone else just because I was given a fancy name. And I would never assume any different of you. A title is just a tool, like any other. Pick it up when it's useful, put it down when it's not. It does not define you."