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Hadasha shook her head, "Maybe you could talk your parents into moving up here since they are having such a hard time that they would sacrifice their own children's lives for such... petty things." She said softly and got up and rummaged around her bookshelf. "You know that place just seething hatred. Yeah, family is grand... when you can see them or have them not hate you." She said and grabbed her old album and sat next to him and opened up the book to a picture of a pretty sizable family. "You see this picture here? That is my grandfather and his children. He left the cave and came here because of something with the council and so forth. Him and his friend's families moved up here, but he didn't leave the belief down there and so hence when the breakup began. You had my aunt who fell in love with an Elf. My grandfather was so angry at his daughter. Didn't give a toot about how she felt only him and his pride. She was happy and they got married and had kids. One being Haera. But her father kept on persisting that she come home. Leave him and the kids... for what? Would you leave your kids if your parents told you to? I don't think so... so she didn't. It had gotten so bad that my uncle, her husband, had to threaten war on them just so they would leave his family alone. I mean... grown men your age picking on a tiny child... Haera... because she was half dwarf. They did get their butts beat by her best friend, but they had it coming. It took them YEARS to settle this and by that time his grandchildren refused to even think he or us existed. It broke my heart because the only one who acknowledged us was Agis and is nine... such a bright child. I decided that in order to actually see my family I would have to go out and find them. I found Lor, who is a doctor with Una, and then Haera. She... was the one person I was scared of the most because I knew her seething hatred for dwarfs. But she was so sweet to me... and now she is like my favorite person." She giggled. "So you see... I know you are trying... and I hope the council isn't holding your children against you, but they have their lives here. They are about to start families and are extremely happy. As a parent, Thul... please see it from that point." She said softly before going into the kitchen to wash her cup.