"The opportunity was never possible. Our population's ability to procreate is ... involved, and one of the means was destroyed prior to coming of sufficient age to be productive in that fashion." He grunted and shrugged. That mattered less than it once did. "As for the how? I was choked to death by another of my species. One more physically powerful with a certain legal privilege to go about it."

"I am more than willing to engage in strife whenever the opportunity comes along, and keep trained and fit. However, despite my prodigious skills in combat, I consider my true calling and ability to be that of an artificer. The ability to craft the weapons and tools of conquest is something rarely held by the average citizen." He nodded as Savage explained and grunted.

"You are a good sibling if you were there to assist in vengeance. It's a worthy goal when called upon." But then again, both species were rather ... bloody at times.