"These houses have existed for hundreds of years. It's no wonder that there are frequent bad feelings between them. Everyone here associates so much with them, but they're just meaningless labels when you get down to it."

Oh damn. Fighting words. Did the temperature just drop again, and is Mir smirking a little as she stirs the crowd up? She's not the kind of person who can't read the atmosphere, that's for sure. She's enjoying this.