[[And her frown deepens considerably at how he approaches the subject, and what he refers to himself as. She doesn't pull away, hoping the closeness might be reassuring in some way, as she mulls through exactly how to go about this.]]

Well, as I mentioned before. No matter where you fall on a caste system, or if you fall within it's lines at all, it should not affect one's worth. And in my eyes, you are worth far more than whatever such a caste position has given you credit for.

Though I better understand now what you were referring to earlier.