His frown only deepens. He was hoping there'd be something similar he could compare this too, but it seemed there wasn't. On Alternia trolls who were around a long time demanded respect, but they didn't always deserve it, and they'd rarely done anything to gain it either. He shakes his head leaving that train of thought behind.

"Trolls have different blood colors. The color of your blood determines your natural life span, among other things. Long lived castes rule over the younger ones and they have a tendency to treat us like inept children."

There, that was a short concise explanation. It would probably make sense, or at least he hoped it did. It would probably be hard to give more details with that if he wanted to keep his cool.