[Matthias does take a moment to reflect on this, but only briefly, because it sounds like a crap deal. In some under-the-ground inn, he makes a brief survey of the dwarves that are around him, thinking of what that must be like.]
So if we were dwarves, you and I, we'd be casteless dwarves. 'Cause we'd not have stayed, we'd have gone off to see what we might make of the world.
[Matthias hears the smile--and of course he smiles as well.]
We would. But we're not dwarves, so we can doubly do as we like. It's nice to think of though, isn't it? That we'd be the same no matter what. Sort of makes that bit where we dreamed about the future seem--
[There's a little twinge in him, thinking of Derrica, Enchanter Leander. He fights it down.]
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[Matthias does take a moment to reflect on this, but only briefly, because it sounds like a crap deal. In some under-the-ground inn, he makes a brief survey of the dwarves that are around him, thinking of what that must be like.]
So if we were dwarves, you and I, we'd be casteless dwarves. 'Cause we'd not have stayed, we'd have gone off to see what we might make of the world.
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We would still be us.
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We would. But we're not dwarves, so we can doubly do as we like. It's nice to think of though, isn't it? That we'd be the same no matter what. Sort of makes that bit where we dreamed about the future seem--
[There's a little twinge in him, thinking of Derrica, Enchanter Leander. He fights it down.]
--well, true. For some at least.