Post by Lance Ulrich on Apr 29, 2008 20:13:40 GMT -8
Holly was wrong on so many levels. Yes, a slave was a living being, but did that mean that the slave had to have rights? Absolutely not. Rights were privileges that had to be earned and upon proving that one is not deserving of them, they could be stripped away just as easily as they were given. How did one earn those privileges? Behaving as the government dictates. In order to have order in a government, certain laws and expectations had to be met, and obviously this girl had failed to obey those laws and/or follow those expectations even if her blood status could pass the test. She had showed no loyalty to her government. Treason couldn't go unpunished. That was just ridiculous! There would be no order and only chaos and perhaps, eventually, anarchy, and anarchy was unacceptable.
Honestly, considering the girl still showed no remorse, he thought she should be treated with a tighter rope. No straying; forget nice, comfortable clothing (He'd heard corsets were painful; why not insist on one of those? and maybe feet binding and other things?); no good-tasting food (maybe only crackers and stew); and a lean-to with a leaky roof and no windows and a hole dug in a corner for use as a bathroom with no running water. If that didn't break her in a few days to a week, then the death penalty should be instituted. Treachery had to be dealt with swiftly without batting an eye or people would begin to try to get away with as much as they could. That was how the government would be under him.
"We have the responsibility to return slaves to their masters to make sure nothing happens, Davis, and I merely wish to do that. I will do that. I have this situation under control. Now, go into the prefect compartment and wait for the others." His eyes shifted towards Alexandra, addressing her now. As far as he was concerned Holly needed to butt out and mind her own business. This wasn't her situation to be dealing with. "And no, girl, you will not do it on your own in your own time. Unless Professor Scott-Blair, your master, gave you specific instructions that you could leave her side and do your own thing, you had no right to leave. And if she did, then she can verify it for me, and you should have no problem coming with me, slave, to find her and ask." His right hand beckoned her towards him. She would come on her own or she would come by force. Whichever way she preferred.