[ He knew it was a mistake as soon as he said it, but he hadn't realized how much of one. Clearly, she's from a world where "commoner" is an established social class and not just something you call people who have less money than you. And it's a social class she happens to be part of. Great. Good going. ]

Er - I believe we may be employing different definitions of the word. That is, I'm no member of the nobility myself.

[ Although boy, wouldn't he like to be, in a world where that mattered. ]

I simply meant that we as Moonblessed ought to be afforded special treatment, that's all. You are Moonblessed, are you not, Miss Manuela?

[ She looks a little too human to be a local, but you never know. ]