(08-14-2015, 03:43 PM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: Evangeline brightens, "I'm glad you asked, Sister."
"Why I believe in the goodness and strength of every man and woman. We are not animals, to be hooked to a plow and driven. We are not dogs to be trained!"
"We can take control of our own destinies! Create our own laws, forge our own destiny!" She points up to the Cathedral on the hill, "Look not upwards for the will to resist, but to each other!"
"What right to nobles or gods have to demand our allegiance, what makes them superior to the commoner?"
J'Keera shifted her weight to one leg, her lips tight, but her eyes curious. She followed the woman's gesture towards the Cathedral, tall and ominous in the low-hanging clouds. She would hate to admit it outright, but the Elezen had brought up a good point - there really wasn't any right for the nobles to make rule of the peasants the way they did, or otherwise.
However...
"I see where you are coming from." J'Keera spoke softly, dragging the cuff of her shirt against her cheek, wiping away some of the soot that stained it. "While it may be true that we ought to be free to our own destinies, there are... necessities, the Holy See provides.
"Food, soldiers, protection," She continued, extending a finger for each item she listed, "a guiding light to those who have none. Such is what Halone brings too, for it is her divine fury that brings warmth even to the most cold of places, and gives soldiers strength to drive back the Horde."
J'Keera then paused and listened to the Roegaydn that had approached, her frown returning. "Surely you are compensated somehow; not even Gil?" She pressed the man with the tilt of her head. "Methinks most cities would deem any labor to be deserving of Gil, at the very least."
J'keera Sutos
Ultros, Balmung one day (haha)
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