"Really?" Rowen asked, unable to help being curious. "Whether you're under contract or not... its everything among servants in Esthar. I'm not saying that we were mistreated, Lord Jenova was particularly kind to us, but having or not having a contract dictates your social status, if you're a servant. Many an uncontracted man's lost his ear or worse for persuing a girl under contract." It was never something he'd dared.
"I haven't met very many people yet," Rowen admitted. "Just Sid, really." And he wasn't exactly the kind of man Rowen felt he would be able to call a friend. "Do you have a family, Le'on?"