Betty
"I don't think you need to go that far. Aren't Ayleids a lost civilization? It makes sense that the scholars up there would want to learn about you."
John
"That doesn't mean I want be to treated like a thing to be studied." He says, "Scholars tend to forget that the people they wish study are just that, people."
Betty
"You're right there, I hate to admit. They can get a bit out of control."
John
"As important as scholars and academics may be, I am not the one to interview." He says, "I only have a very basic grasp on history, or at least basic for an Ayleid."
Betty
He shrugs, "Considering I've never heard of you, I'm sure that's still more than most people know about your people. Then again, I had a... Sheltered childhood."
John
"I've noticed." He says flatly, "The things you are aware of are... Odd, I will say." He says, referring to their talk about Hircine
Betty
"I've come to know that about myself. Realizing how odd my childhood was has been a long journey. By Oblivion, I entered my first city when I snuck away at seventeen," He chuckles before his face darkens, "I got in big trouble for that."
John
"Keeping you away from other people. Wonder why they wanted that." He says rolling his eyes, "They could at least have tried to make it sound like they weren't trying to control you."
Betty
"Truly, though I think that's what they wanted, for me to just be so into the group that I don't question things," He says.
John
"Such is the way of cults. Cults played a deep part into the downfall of the Ayleids, if it weren't for them and their barbarism the Alessians wouldn't have found it so easy to vilify us."
Betty
"I didn't even know what the Ayleids were before today, so I can't argue with you. All I know is what it's like to grow up in a cult," He says.