Aerich had been on the entertainment side of the venue, assisting those Corsairs who still had covers as nobility as something between a personal servant and bodyguard. Which did shield him from some mistreatment as he was perceived to 'belong' to someone -- he was aware that he would fail to conduct himself as one of the servants of the venue -- it also meant he could do little to shield those that were not his 'master' from insult.

The remark got a nod. "This place does inspire a certain revolutionary sentiment," he observed. Even he was feeling his own beliefs in a stable status quo tested, though he would maintain that it was because these people were doing empire incorrectly, and that was what happened.