[Oh, Rita. ... though we understand the sentiment.]
He is a good man, though quick to anger and slow to forgive. Unfortunately, those are traits I do not believe he can afford to possess at a time like this.
[A pause.] Why do you hold such a grudge against members of the nobility?
[Okay, so she wasn't expecting that question at all. A beat. Quickly, she whips up a believable explanation.]
... Take a good guess. The traditions of nobility put irrational guys like him in charge of what he can't possibly be qualified to take charge of. And it's guys like him that generally screw things up for everyone else.
In many respects, he is certainly qualified to bear the crown. He is a good man and he gets things accomplished. Varian would make an excellent leader in times of war - he's a tactician, a skilled warrior, and courageous beyond measure. [A pause] Unfortunately, I must do my all to prevent war. There is too much at stake to spend time and waste lives fighting amongst ourselves.
...but that does not make him any less a good man who cares deeply for his family and his people. Do you think it's right to simply write off people because they happened to be born to a certain family?
... Everyone's got a part of them that's a least somewhat decent. It's just the balance of the things people perceive as 'good' and people perceive as 'evil'. Take any guy as an example. If he's got anything that I'd disrespect him for, he's probably got just as many things that I should respect him for. That's just the way things work.
Doesn't mean that I like him any better. And doesn't mean that I will respect him. I've got standards, and if they don't meet them, I don't care how many qualities they're said to have - I'm not seeing any.
... And besides, I think it's the way people are brought up that turn them into the stupid idiots they are. It's all because of the nature of their environments. Their upbringing makes them who they are, and if they're all screwed up as a person, then it's their upbringing's fault. And if it so happens that most nobles are absolute idiots, then it must be the fault of the nobility who raised their absolute idiots.
And it does so happen that most nobles are idiot pricks. So it can't be my fault
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What you're saying is absolutely correct, Rita. I'm not asking you to respect him. [She sighs again] It's hard enough to do so myself, even knowing him for as long as I have.
Though, it's... interesting that you raise the point of his upbringing. When he was a child, the orcs - Thrall's people - attacked his homeland. His father, the King, was assassinated in front of him, and their city burned to the ground. Many people he knew were killed, and he himself only barely escaped.
...this is why he finds it so difficult to trust them. Thrall's Horde is not the same one that caused so much pain, but... he doesn't see it.
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...perhaps it is.
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... I don't mean you.
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...very sure of himself, and very proud.
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... He's some kind of a noble, isn't he?
He looks the part.
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... He didn't even listen to you.
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[A quiet sigh.] Varian tries to do what is best for his people. Unfortunately, he... rarely listens to reason.
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... Nobles.
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He is a good man, though quick to anger and slow to forgive. Unfortunately, those are traits I do not believe he can afford to possess at a time like this.
[A pause.] Why do you hold such a grudge against members of the nobility?
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... Take a good guess. The traditions of nobility put irrational guys like him in charge of what he can't possibly be qualified to take charge of. And it's guys like him that generally screw things up for everyone else.
What's there to like?
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...but that does not make him any less a good man who cares deeply for his family and his people. Do you think it's right to simply write off people because they happened to be born to a certain family?
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Doesn't mean that I like him any better. And doesn't mean that I will respect him. I've got standards, and if they don't meet them, I don't care how many qualities they're said to have - I'm not seeing any.
... And besides, I think it's the way people are brought up that turn them into the stupid idiots they are. It's all because of the nature of their environments. Their upbringing makes them who they are, and if they're all screwed up as a person, then it's their upbringing's fault. And if it so happens that most nobles are absolute idiots, then it must be the fault of the nobility who raised their absolute idiots.
And it does so happen that most nobles are idiot pricks. So it can't be my fault ( ... )
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Though, it's... interesting that you raise the point of his upbringing. When he was a child, the orcs - Thrall's people - attacked his homeland. His father, the King, was assassinated in front of him, and their city burned to the ground. Many people he knew were killed, and he himself only barely escaped.
...this is why he finds it so difficult to trust them. Thrall's Horde is not the same one that caused so much pain, but... he doesn't see it.
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