Relieved she had at least gotten the broader theme, Torie was glad she'd asked for more information. She had missed the part about the locations. She considered the story again with this new information, perhaps she would have to reread it with that in mind. "I understood the overarching message, but I did not think about the differences in the countries in addition to everything else," she admitted with a sheepish smile. "I shall have to read it again and pay more attention," she took a pensive sip of her wine before continuing, "Though I suppose I will never quite understand the first instinct of seeing one's own superiority simply because of gender or class of birth." Torie had certainly not been the smartest or the most hardworking at school; those were not things guaranteed by being born into a certain station in life. Even simply being the youngest in her family put her in a specific slot in life, but nobody said she had to abide by it completely. The situations were obviously far removed from one another, and she would have to read some more to get a better understanding, but she supposed she had somewhat of a baseline.