[Instead of surprise, Kazuha only looks at Vennessa with sympathy. Despite the clear timeline gap between them, it hardly feels like such a divide at all. He covers his mouth with his hand, hiding a small little laugh.]

Is not life and the future our path to carve? No god or man has the right to take another's dreams.

[He finishes off the rest of his sake, then reaches to pour himself another. He pauses, seeing the company, but he moves onward after a moment's hestitation. She wouldn't know what is and isn't polite in this case.]

There's no shame in being sheltered. Inazuma has remained mostly unchanged for five hundred years. We're a very isolated nation. I've only been able to travel outside it recently.

[He brings the cup to his lips, looking over it as he smiles.]

I don't know much about other nations, but what I do know, Mondstadt has not had slaves or nobility for centuries. There's a better future ahead for you.