[b]Direct Interactions:[/b][@Lady Athena][@Cherrywitch][@Rune_Alchemist]
[b]In Area of:[/b] Manor of De Draiochta (Vili's House)
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Vilivyn had been prepared for a response, but except for the cruel pixie things were remaining civil.  The demoness listened, but after a few discussions with her stepmother they had decided this was the best course of action.  They had been prepared for this response.

[color=lightsalmon]"Not everyone will stand up to them though.  And there's still a fundamental problem: you are saving them.  If you do that, next time they are bullied they will simply hope that another elf or human or dwarf will come by and assist them: people who are starving or hungry don't - [i]can't[/i] - resist such cruel treatment.  They have nothing to lose, so they don't have anything to hold onto. They need to stand up to themselves."[/color]  The demoness paused for a moment, making sure to elaborate.  And of course remembering those days back in the alley ...  [color=lightsalmon]"I admit that seeing a spirit like Inari or a spirit kin like me would probably make them think something different, but that's why I'm going to the tower in the first place."[/color]

Time to explain a little nobility to the girl.  [color=lightsalmon]"Prestige means access.  Elves, Humans, Dwarves, and Half-Orcs already have the ears of the king and the nobility.  Taking the tower simply means that spirit kin will have one as well.  I'm only intending to give spirits and spirit-kin a voice as well.  This means that spirits and spirit kin will have something to stand up for themselves with."[/color]
 
Perhaps more direct terms would be better.  [color=lightsalmon]"In more human terms, when some daughter of a grand noble decides to have a birthday party and wants the most awesome adventuring party ever, she will see elves, dwarves, humans, half-orcs, AND Spirits and Spirit-Kin as heroes.  This means that the next generation will grow up seeing everyone have potential, and be able to put a face on 'those damned spirit-kin' when they inherit."

"I admit when I moved in here, many of the noble households Kythela associated with backed off, but those that couldn't were forced to associate with me at parties and other social gatherings - things that my step siblings had to practically drag me to - began to see our kind as people.  Slowly the teenagers convinced their parents that treating the spirits as slaves - after I had translated a conversation with them - was horrifically wrong.  Conditions improved.  Spirit kin are being hired in those households today, and they have a powerful noble house behind them and full stomachs.  Spirits are being treated as valued companions rather than as servants.  They and their children will stand up for themselves.  Simply being around those in charge makes them more comfortable with our kind."[/color]

[color=lightsalmon]"And for the everyday spirits and spirit-kin?  Those who are only waiting to be claimed or having their highest honest aspirations being a nice loaf of bread for dinner?  They will look up and say 'we CAN' and they will look for ways to improve themselves.  There aren't really any famous spirit-kin in history, and the most famous of spirits tend to be ... less than nice ones.  And in order to cause this social change, make others see spirits and their relatives as being more than beasts, make it so the oppressed stand up for themselves rather than simply hoping a nice elf will hop along, have those at the bottom have aspirations higher than finding a decent slice of bread that day - I [i]can't[/i] be in prison.  I won't ever have the noble households ears or go to parties and give our people visibility if I'm considered a [i]radicial or violent[/i] person.  I'd be written in history as a revolutionary of blood who did one cool thing."[/color]