At first, Lunise flinched at Meesei's more violent movements. But then she settled into a relaxed and controlled posture.

"Meesei, there is a truth -- two truths -- here that for you are overdue to learn," Lunise said calmly and firmly. "They are difficult to learn from a position of high aptitude and success, and for your age, for you have fewer mistakes to reflect upon. However, they are ever present. The first is that not all mortals are born with equal talents. There maybe talents that are not given opportunities to flourish, but it remains that a senche-raht Khajiit will never be able to speak like a suthay, and a suthay will never be as strong as a senche-raht. They had no more control over those parts of themselves than you did your soul. But the suthay never feels they do not deserve to speak any more than the senche-raht believes they do not deserve their strength."

Lunise twisted to sit on the desk beside Meesei. Her voice took a kinder tone. "The reason why is the second truth. A truth that too many Altmer fail to grasp. That second truth is that all souls have value, even yours. You cannot separate the templates from who you are. It is all one being. You would not be Meesei otherwise, and you are no less to me than you were before."