He understands moral outrage, Scott, but only when someone implies something wrong on his part. His sense of propriety doesn't quite extend as far as his interactions with others.
He's made some progress, but he was raised by an awful, evil bore of a man who managed the clever trick of both degrading Manuel, and of making it clear to him that the De La Rochas are superior to everyone else, and that their considerations should always be placed first. Then he went to an asylum. Then he was used and abused by his father's friends. He has never had the opportunity to deal with people as equals, and the idea of equality is alien to him. I'm trying to educate him, but given his background, change was never likely to occur overnight.
As for his treatment in Paris... he was treated like an animal, Scott. He was restrained, drugged, blinkered, dragged from pillar to post, violated.
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Date: 2004-03-13 04:34 am (UTC)He's made some progress, but he was raised by an awful, evil bore of a man who managed the clever trick of both degrading Manuel, and of making it clear to him that the De La Rochas are superior to everyone else, and that their considerations should always be placed first. Then he went to an asylum. Then he was used and abused by his father's friends. He has never had the opportunity to deal with people as equals, and the idea of equality is alien to him. I'm trying to educate him, but given his background, change was never likely to occur overnight.
As for his treatment in Paris... he was treated like an animal, Scott. He was restrained, drugged, blinkered, dragged from pillar to post, violated.
Clearly Cain would have loved it.