A' course I was kind to him, he was my first friend and then my moirail. Without him I would probably be just as wild and deadly as the other sea dwellers who actually live in the sea. There are not many like me who are split between land and sea, but I would take them into my crew and that is how my fleet became so powerful.

I suppose to those I consider close to my equals, I give them the respect they deserve.

[As as a slave, the Psiioniic had been as equal to him as a lowblood could get. Only keeping everything between them in secret due to his reputation as the Orphaner among his crew and other highbloods.]

As for others...

[A frown, but he continues on.]

I have not hesitated to kill subjugglators before to protect him.