Mongrels?

[The distaste is clear as day, and his head whips over to Eichi in disbelief. It's only at the mention of a throne that he brings a loosely curled fist to his mouth in thought, staring at the ground. He knows himself, of course, and even an alternate universe-him would never use a metaphor like that unless it was personally serious. So he also lost his "throne"...

They meant very different things here, it seems, and he doesn't want to reveal any of his own troubles here, right now. Even if the idea of alternate Wataru and the others is terribly intriguing, he has to focus on the here and now.]

I believe I'm starting to grasp the situation. [No he's not. He's a cat and will get out.] But in this case, what should someone like me do? It seems I'm trapped here, somehow, and now you're telling me I've been stripped of all of my power? Even with this weak body of mine, I won't lay down and be treated like that so easily. I'm not so ignorant as to think slavery doesn't still exist in the world, but isn't this a bit much?