So. When you informed me that this disaster befell your entire people. I was mistaken when I thought you believed that my country has never suffered such a cataclysm. That I was speaking from a position of ignorance, as the notion that anybody else could possibly understand was impossible.

Perhaps you understood my meaning in offering sympathy to your sister, as my own village was obliterated by a horde of darkspawn, and my sister was killed by an ogre as we fled to a foreign land. That while the technology may be different, the pain of losing everything through no fault of your own is the same. And I am truly sorry that it happened to you as I know what it feels like and it should never happen to anybody.

But please. Don't let my actual intentions, or words, get in the way of your self-righteousness.