I don't suppose it's been easy to see strangers better accepted than yourself.

[ Aro's no fool. He knows that must sting. How could it not? For him, it stings somewhat that the elves here might accept him more readily than their equivalent in his own world. At least when you're an outsider, you know where you stand. ]

For my part, I think I have more in common with you than any of them. My father was an elf, but I never knew him. My human mother was a pariah because she had a child with him. People can be very cruel, no matter where you're from.