just IN GENERAL how are other blood castes presented to kankri?? considering he's off spectrum entirely and there's no one 'like him' that his cullers can point to, how do they explain the hemospectrum and stuff to him?
okay so this is one of those things where like. i kind of assume it never has to be explained as such. his cullers certainly never explained it, as they’d assumed it was too above his head. but in general, it’s such a big part of daily life that everyone learns about it without being told.
he mostly picks up on how his cullers feel about other castes. like, if he pulls away from an olive, they’re much less likely to tell him he’s being rude than if he pulls away from a purple. they also badmouth other castes a lot (classic indigo behavior), so he remembers all those stereotypes as well. when he’s younger especially, he gets them mixed up, but he knows the broad strokes--yellows work w psionics, teals handle the law, violets are Royalty, etc.
his cullers would answer questions if he asked, but always through a very Beforan lens. so things like “well, she’s a rustie, she needs people to take care of her,” or “she’s a violet, you need to listen if she tells you what to do, she knows what’s best.” it does take him a while to realize that this is referring to their blood, and not the color they wear--by which i mean, when he’s really young, he assumes he is also considered an indigo by virtue of wearing that color and having that color on his (cullers’) signs. it’s one of those epiphanies where he sits up like “oh that’s their BLOOD” i think he just thought it was like a personality test before that
