[ There's a pause and he tilts his head. So that's a no. Apparently any place there are humans and elves together, his race ends up the downtrodden one. If that's not evidence enough against the 'you can't judge us all when we're not from the same world' spiel he's been given by the humans here, he doesn't know what is. ] A single one, though I don't think 'free state' really applies. [ He snorts, glancing at the ground below for a moment. ] You can call it that in a treaty, yet in practice it isn't so much.

[ There's a chuckle and it's been a while since he'd gotten to tease someone used not used to the Scoia'tael life on their aversion to tree climbing. They don't pick up new recruits terrible often. ] I paid my dues in drunken falls in my younger years, I assure you you need not worry for me. [ Because it was totally just him you were worried about, right? Right. ]