[Alright, she's got him there. Even he can admit he respects several of his peers, and he treats them as belligerently as anyone else.] Perhaps "kindness" was a poor choice of words. However, you've still missed my original point. You're still doling out respect to anyone with royal bearings without any other credentials.

A king could have done nothing but come next in the family line; have no merits to his name and serve as an overall mediocre ruler, and you'd still give a bow because of his title. And that's where I lose all understanding. Why give your respect so freely, but hold kindness until it's earned? Where's the logic in that?

[No, really, he doesn't understand. It only works that way with one laguz species, and they're a very special case so far removed from beorc. She's explained well so far that he has a hint of her class standing, even if she didn't introduce herself with a title.]