"ah, sweet girl, you do give me hope. you are right of course, and living proof of it, and perhaps that is how you will eventually conquer paler. he has turned those of his blood into vassals, monsters, or , in your case, an enemy. he has no family , not really. he seeks to use your family against you, i wonder if it is his lack of true family that will drive his end to him. he has mocked da'an too often in his attempt to use his own seed to control it. but, that is just a feeling"