[quote=@shylarah]
[@Draken] I don't think I saw a mention of him being a racist, or at least not actively and deliberately so.  More a "oh yeah there's slaves" sort of a racist.  Which is still awful, but that's their world for now.

Given your clarification, I'd say Ziotea's perception fits well enough, yes?  Unless he was particularly rude to her for whatever reason.  Not impossible -- she's rather abrasive herself, after all.  Otherwise anything further for their dynamic is up to you.  ^.^
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Actually, now that I think about it... I imagine Ilya would kind of like Mother Ziotea. Her complete willingness to tear into every plan or argument would make her a great wall to bounce ideas off of, she's definitely not one to be put off by his attitude, and while Ilya doesn't think the world is absolutely terrible with no hope of redemption, they can certainly respect each other's pragmatism. ((Also it's good to be on decent terms with Rodion's definitely-not-girlfriend.))

EDIT: Alright, I can't do an IC post right now because I need to think it through a bit more and do a big thing with Father Ilya meeting his parents once more at long last. And I simply can't do that in the 10 minutes before dinner. I also have an event after dinner that'll go until midnight, so... yeah. 

Also, I haven't read anybody's visions, because both time and I figure those are extremely private and why risk that knowledge possibly slipping into Ilya's perspective?