░ The Azure Castle, Ashton, Royaume Kestle, Edios ░ Sunday, September 20, 1248 ░ 12:45 pm THETIA KESTLE For the past two days, I kept thinking about the conversation I had had with Keith. I respected his opinion on peasantry, but it frustrated me that he was so closed-minded and didn't even try to put himself in his people's shoes. When he said that most people in this world felt the same way, I wondered if my family was a part of it; I hoped with all my heart that they were not. I hesitated to ask them, I was afraid they would find me strange. But keeping my doubts to myself was not the way to get answers. - "Is it true that most people think that peasantry is an underclass, that we can control at our ease?" My whole family stopped eating and looked at me surprised by my question. A

