Richard winces at the words 'half-breed', remembering his youth. "Ya know Rin, when I was a kid I got captured by Orcs. I have seen how both sides, Orcs and Humans, treat their half-bloods. I will never understand the problem people have with who you come from... it only matters who you are.
To me anyways.
Won't bug anymore 'bout it... so anyways ya I can remember a little of my pa being at the forge... the heat, the smells an'sounds, feelin safe and so in awe of how he could take a lump and make a horse-shoe, a shovel... even a spear tip or sword, though they didn't have 'nuff of those when "