And she's not wrong, none of us are! [None of us. None of the halflings, none of those who had suffered from that hatred they had been dealt. Aleos knows he's been distrusting, been so close to hating even before knowing the truth of everything. But for whatever reason, forgiveness had always been dealt much more easily by him even when he questioned whether a person deserved it.

Maybe it's because he knows what it's like to be continuously hated, and didn't want to see that hatred hurt those around him.]

I know I wasn't here, by the gods and earth I am grateful she did find people here who accept her. [Even if he can't trust them completely, if he ever would.] But she didn't need to be fed more hatred, not when she's proven forgiveness is possible just by daring to befriend someone who didn't share our blood at all, in this world.