In addition to acting like she hasn't seen him in ages, Raine definitely doesn't look quite the same. Subtle differences, but she's young enough that her visible aging hasn't actually stopped yet, and two years does show.
"You have the basics, then," she says, nodding. "I can fill in most of the rest. We -- the Foreigners -- did defeat Malicant, but it was not without a cost. Two of Keeliai's Emperors died in the process, Tu Vishan may have as well, and directly after Malicant's defeat we were trapped in the place we'd went to fight him, for about a year. To the kedan's eyes, we had simply disappeared, leaving them to clean up the chaos remaining. Further, the first Emperor, Eshai, had done something to their race as a whole. I still don't know exactly what, but it changed them, and not for the better." A faint grimace, as she comes upon an analogy that fits. "Think of the angels in Welgaia. When Malicant was defeated, the kedan returned to the way they had been. While it's not fair, and certainly not right-- I can't wholly blame them for some bitterness, and the Foreigners are the only visible targets left to blame."
It's some kind of ironic that even though being half-elven means nothing to anyone here, they're still facing some of the same problems simply by virtue of existing. All Raine can do, really, is what she and Genis had been intending to do beforehand: work at showing people that it was possible to live in harmony, no matter what.
That thought brings to mind another, though. Raine ruffles Genis' hair absently, fond, and straightens. "Genis-- sometimes people from the same world, here, are from different points in time. What's the last thing you remember before Keeliai?"
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"You have the basics, then," she says, nodding. "I can fill in most of the rest. We -- the Foreigners -- did defeat Malicant, but it was not without a cost. Two of Keeliai's Emperors died in the process, Tu Vishan may have as well, and directly after Malicant's defeat we were trapped in the place we'd went to fight him, for about a year. To the kedan's eyes, we had simply disappeared, leaving them to clean up the chaos remaining. Further, the first Emperor, Eshai, had done something to their race as a whole. I still don't know exactly what, but it changed them, and not for the better." A faint grimace, as she comes upon an analogy that fits. "Think of the angels in Welgaia. When Malicant was defeated, the kedan returned to the way they had been. While it's not fair, and certainly not right-- I can't wholly blame them for some bitterness, and the Foreigners are the only visible targets left to blame."
It's some kind of ironic that even though being half-elven means nothing to anyone here, they're still facing some of the same problems simply by virtue of existing. All Raine can do, really, is what she and Genis had been intending to do beforehand: work at showing people that it was possible to live in harmony, no matter what.
That thought brings to mind another, though. Raine ruffles Genis' hair absently, fond, and straightens. "Genis-- sometimes people from the same world, here, are from different points in time. What's the last thing you remember before Keeliai?"