Briseis | The Iliad (

"And you have family here, sir? I think I have seen that on the network. A wife, and a brother, perhaps? It would be very nice to have family here, although it has been a very long time since I have seen any of my family."

She almost blurted out the whole story to him, but stopped. He did not need to hear her sad stories when he certainly had many of his own. Everyone on this island had sad stories, most worse than her own. Or, at least she thought so.

"He is very kind to me. It is...a bit frightening in the bakery so early in the morning. It is nice to have someone there who can protect me."

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