"What do you think? Of course we tried! I stopped counting how many times. Jumped from windows, dug tunnels, c

"What do you think? Of course we tried! I stopped counting how many times. Jumped from windows, dug tunnels, choked out guards – or seduced them. That happened too, ha, ha, hmm... But those dirtbags caught us every time. Every. Bloody. Time. My back is covered with whip scars. Lucky we were prized property. They'd spent too much gold on us to kill us. Anyone else would be hung and forgotten. But they kept trying to break us, and recoup their expenses."