Teddybear

"You're just wrong, little thing."

Leonardo Esset Leonardo was straightening out his station in the corner of the room when the prince spoke. "Of course, your majesty," he said with a dip of his head. ...

"Slaves are workers who don't have a choice."

"You are not employed, is the point. You are a slave."

"Are you paid, Hieronymus?"

"So you believe creating a slave was the best way for him to solve that?"

"I was an understudy myself to my mentor, I never grew bored."

"Specialized how?"

"He treats you as a slave, not a friend. Nothing you provide could not have been provided by taking on an understudy."

"You have a purpose that could have been filled otherwise. Instead, your master created you knowing you would likely be exterminated if found out."

"I doubt you'd complain about never having been created."

"Yes."

Kivvien nodded.

"It is the bare minimum. Knowledge is change."

"No true scholar is fixed in their opinions."