I'd advise against that term in the future. [Smallfolk, the dhampir means. Although it would be objectively funny to watch what happens next if it's said to the wrong person.]

In my experience, bloodlines are more trouble than they're worth. But my perspective is perhaps a little skewed. [There's that passing smile of making a private joke again. If this man hasn't clocked the fangs by now, well, that's on him.]

Every government is corrupt, this one is no different. But from everything I've observed since being the in the first batch of people to arrive here, I'd rather have more players and opportunities than something that has calcified for centuries.