03-06-2011, 08:10 AM
The slaves would eat, but there were not blankets to be had. They all sat silently around the fire, still chained to one another. He was far enough away from the other camp that he could have to yell for them to hear him at all, and so he had some privacy with his slaves. He could choose to devote attention to at least a few of them, the night was young after all.