Dwight scowled at the Emperor's words, but didn't retort. In truth, this was the standard that dwarves held themselves to traditionally. Indeed, dwarves knew that they were weak on a personal basis. If they wanted to avoid getting bullied, then they needed to leverage their creative and intellectual powers and create products that prevented them from getting bullied.
By forcing themselves to meet this threshold on all standards, they elevated themselves to be able to earn the respect and even fear of the other races.
However, Rui was so extraordinary that they permitted themselves to make an exception in their minds for him, as did every other race.
'The Emperor of Water cannot be defied.'
This was the thought process that most people had developed after the overwhelming displays of power he had made to all of humanity.
