[His own station? Oh, now that makes Ari think she knows what he's up to. Rich brat who thinks everyone else is beneath him, most likely. But so long as he's polite, she's not inclined to do anything about it. It is, after all, beneath her own dignity as a lieutenant of the Tradelines to get into petty arguments with random civilians.]
You might want to rethink that. There's an arrogance in presuming that because something is true in the history of your people, on your homeworld, that it must be true for every other civilisation in the universe, isn't there?
I accept your apology. I'll take no offense so long as it's a matter of general principle for you, and not a personal rejection of my particular credentials.
[In other words, if she spots him using anyone else's title, she won't be very happy about it. She doesn't care that much, so long as she's not addressed inaccurately, or with the intent to belittle her. If she cared, she'd be introducing herself with her full name, as a Company daughter, not a relatively unimportant spacer lieutenant. But one status she'd been born with, and one she'd earned, and that makes her value the latter more.]
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You might want to rethink that. There's an arrogance in presuming that because something is true in the history of your people, on your homeworld, that it must be true for every other civilisation in the universe, isn't there?
I accept your apology. I'll take no offense so long as it's a matter of general principle for you, and not a personal rejection of my particular credentials.
[In other words, if she spots him using anyone else's title, she won't be very happy about it. She doesn't care that much, so long as she's not addressed inaccurately, or with the intent to belittle her. If she cared, she'd be introducing herself with her full name, as a Company daughter, not a relatively unimportant spacer lieutenant. But one status she'd been born with, and one she'd earned, and that makes her value the latter more.]