Alice wasn't quite sure she understood. Of course she knew that not all slaves were fortunate enough to have kind masters and mistresses, but those sorts rarely let their property out to visit. She assumed it was just one of those things she'd have trouble wrapping her mind around.
"But she let you come visit, right?" she asked, nodding to the other girl as she picked a random direction to start walking in search of the medicine she kept forgetting to find. "Is she only nice sometimes? I know sometimes they get into moods." She paused, thinking about that for a moment. "Well, I hear they do anyhow. I guess I'm lucky with Miss Laura."