There was silence, briefly. "That is perhaps one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard," Raine said, quite flatly, evidently in full agreement with Larrikin's view on the matter. Stupidheads, indeed. Though she might not have used quite that phrasing. "In either respect. And one of my students once tried to tell me fire was earth's natural opposite."

Gender bias existed, certainly, one only had to look at Zelos to notice that, but it didn't sound like it was near the scale of the problem their world had. Fascinating, and a bit alarming. Perhaps it was Martel that made the difference? Magic certainly couldn't be the equalizer, with how few humans could even approach it.

That honest curiosity in the final question and Larrikin's previous opinions meant there was very little of Raine's usual hesitation when she answered. "I'm a half-elf," she said, quite simply.