Contemplating freedom: on Jarenka 4, some nation states permit slavegirl holding, and some forbid it. A favorite way of breaking newly captured slavegirls is to chain them up in easy eyesight of the border for hours, days or weeks on end.
She didn't know if she were taken by slavers dumb enough to believe these chains would hold her, or if they thought she was that dumb. But she played along so they wouldn't put on something that works. (X-post /r/AnnoyedToBeBound)
