"Neither do I. But Ash is headstrong about this." Macavity murmured. He'd heard Ash get angry over the child soldiers he'd befriended here, before. And he had a feeling this was something similar.

Ash breathed, taking a moment to find the right words. Maybe the words he hadn't used with Ignis. His heart was already thumping. Again, his adrenaline rose, gearing for fight or flight. But he squished it down, managing to limit himself to a slow pacing.

"It's....it's not, normal. Look. Where I came from...we don't take six year olds from their families and tell them they have to serve and work someone else. And I know, I know you were a kid at the time and didn't ask for it and I'm not blaming you. But it's something that really, really bugs me because it's not right."