The market

[Maero]

Sarah shuddered and whimpered for a moment. "H-How long do I have to leave?" She asked. Although Lillia didnt say anything or show anything physically, she was burning up on the inside. The nerve! The nerve that this girl could be free for so long while she and everyone else were slaves from birth, and now she has the nerve to ask for time?! If it were up to her, she would hand her over to Arkurus and give him a full report so that she could receive proper punishment.

Lillia had never known freedom, the most free she had ever been was with her new master, and all though Alex treated her well, she was far from free. She couldnt own money or property, she couldnt go out and buy things or have a job or a family of her choosing, couldnt keep her children if she had any or chose a husband or see her sisters. She couldnt hug her mother, or take days off. She had even been broken into fearing freedom, and not seeking it ever, which is part of the reason she was such a good slave.

Still, Lillia's heart, like the heart of all living creatures, dreamed of freedom, one she would never achieve. And this girl, this horrible girl who has been free all along is pretending to be a slave to stay in a slave house?! There were just somethings that Lillia would never understand.

Neko didnt like any of this and hugged Alex as hard as she could with her arms and wings. She didnt like this hostility, this hate, this envy, this sadness. She wanted to go back to the room and play the harp or the lute or the flute. She wanted to make everyone happy with her musing. But she would have to wait.

However, even as this all happened, dark shapes began to sneak into the room, unnoticed and unseen...for now.