“But the beatings I could endure,” she said, lips beginning to quiver as she gazed emptily at the table. “There was another half to the punishment. They’d torture and kill whichever slave it was who they claimed ‘distracted’ me. They’d make the slave lay on the floor as a giant walked across them. I’d have to watch, my mother’s hands clasped down onto my shoulders.” Creep’s mouth dried, suddenly wanting this city burned to the ground.