[ kaveh breathes in, and kaveh breathes out. once again, the question comes. stubborn, alhaitham thinks, but that is to be expected. he is, after all, the prince that insisted that the palace of alcazarzaray be built exactly where it is, at that location, with those materials, with that design, at that cost, within that timeframe. no-one else on teyvat could have willed it so. kaveh, as an architect, has the requisite strength to take reality into his hands and force them into the shape of his people's dreams. that is what it means to be an architect and prince both.

it does not move alhaithiam, for alhaitham exists not in the realm of kaveh's dreams, but in the realm of his nightmare. alhaitham shakes his head. ]

Is a slave owed an answer? [ is what he says to that. ] You first complain that you are not being oppressed enough. Now, you complain that you are not being treated fairly. Do you wish to be treated as a slave or as a prince, Kaveh? Decide.