Zeques stood straight after she healed him. "Thank you, Salava." Zeques leaned closer to Fi and whispered to him while Salava was occupied. "Fi... Why won't she look anyone in the eye?" Fi whispered back. "I'm not sure... maybe that's the way she was trained." Zeques looked at Salava, then back at Fi. "What do you mean trained?" "She either is a slave or was a slave. See the collar around her neck?" Zeques looked at Salava's neck. "Yes I see it." "I didn't get the whole story, but she was released from her master and ended up here..." Zeques nodded. "I see... Should I ask her about the collar or should you?" "I'll do it... you'd probably scare her." Zeques chuckled. "Yeah I'm scary..."
Fi walked over to Salava. "Hey Salava... Sorry to bother you... I was wondering... Why don't you look anyone in the eye? And Zeques would like to know more about your collar... is that ok?"
(The village sort of looks like this:

