"Ah. I am...glad that is in the past?" Essek says, slowly and awkwardly, mild surprise writ over his face. That isn't a restriction he can relate to, but as he flips through what Jamie has picked out for him, he adds almost idly, "My people did have a strict gender-based hierarchy some thousand years ago. That is no longer the case today, but even a major cultural overhaul cannot eradicate those roots entirely."

As much as they claim to have left Lolth and that dark history behind them when they emerged into the light on the surface, many Kryn traditions are merely the same concept thinly papered over the previous ones. At any rate, he is now paying more attention to Jamie's color choices.

"I am partial to black and cool, muted tones myself, though I am...not opposed to trying something else."