"I'm already changing it," Satou said. He leaned forward slightly, warming to his argument. "In my settlement, goblins and orcs work together. Not through domination or slavery, but through genuine cooperation. We have laws that protect all races equally. We've rescued kidnapped women and given them their freedom instead of exploiting them. We're building something that's never existed before, a place where being strong doesn't mean you have the right to victimize those weaker than you."
"How idealistic," Seraphine purred. "And how naive. The strong always prey on the weak. That's the natural order."
"Is it?" Satou challenged. "Then why are you all sitting here at a council table instead of constantly trying to kill each other? You're the strongest beings on the continent. By that logic, you should be at each other's throats constantly, trying to prove who's the most dominant."
