In the morning, Ronald arrived in the Dining Room with Duza for breakfast, and they saw Reylom at a long table, waving. The siblings were nervously seated next to Akatsuki, timidly eating some bread. Taly, Ari, Ini, and Ovaidel were also there, and they seemed concerned about something.
Ronald sat down and asked Reylom, “They don’t seem relaxed; did something happen?”
“Not really; they are still under the Slave conditioning. I had a hard time convincing them to sit at my table and have breakfast.”
Ronald looked at Joji and asked, “Aren’t you hungry?”
She slowly nodded and answered in a low voice: “I am… my brother as well, but… we were taught we didn’t deserve to be treated as Human anymore… We… were punished several times to learn that…”
Ronald looked surprised at Reylom and spoke to
