<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #FFBF00">Ernest Glen Stevens</span></span></div><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #FFBF00">Professor Stevens</span></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o793/Galvin_Fugazi/0b949cc1-f3e3-4b2b-9453-c391a496997f_zps8c4edb79.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/>Gleywine had explained that some still had children the natural way, but that it wasn't common. He mentioned that he had planned to have children with his love--planned being the key word. Ernest furrowed his brows, wondering what happened. Did they split up? Did something happen to her? He didn't want to ask, as it seemed Gleywine was very hurt by the memory.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #80FF00">"...Queen Sintrina fell in love with a man and married him, so now we have one. Unfortunately. He should be only decoration, but unfortunately he has some appetite on female sexslaves. And not all of them come from abroad. My girlfriend died like that....”  </span></span><br/><br/>Ernest watched as Gleywine's face contorted into an expression of anger and sadness, fist clenched. The Professor could not imagine losing his love in such a manner. It seemed to Ernest that the Queen must have really loved the King in order to marry him, especially since it was not common for a Queen to do so. So why was she allowing him to have sex slaves? And what could the King have made Gleywine's love do that it would cause her to die?<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFBF00">"I'm sorry..."</span>he replied at last, his voice low. He felt terrible for the man. He clearly had been through a lot at the hands of nobility. His own home conquered by heartless beasts that only looked human. It seemed the nobility of Getalia were pure evil--then again, Freya did not seem too terribly horrid. But what did he know?<br/><span style="color: #80FF00"><span style="font-style: italic"><br/>“You said you are teaching philophosy and antopopoly. What are those? Here we are teached by some teaching program the nobles designed for the folks and by instructors for everything physical. I have never heard of those so...”</span></span>Gleywine had switched the subject suddenly, and for that Ernest was thankful.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFBF00">"Ah. Well, to give you a very basic version of it--Philosophy is the critical and rational way of approaching a subject. Usually people think of it as the individual beliefs of a person or group--but it's more than just that..." </span>the Professor paused, shaking his head a little at himself. He had been about to go on a tangent, and he really did not need to.<span style="color: #FFBF00"> "Anyway, anthropology is the study of human beings, whether it be biological, social, cultural, or belief systems. Again, a very watered down definition--but that is the basics of it. So perhaps you can understand why I am so curious about your way of life here on Getalia. You are a completely new civilization---all of the civilizations in my time are mostly known about...yours, however, is a brand new piece!"</span>