☀️ Arselia and Akonia

— He doesn't realize yet that a wedding ring is a shackle of slavery that he will never be able to take off, — as if reading Vari's thoughts, Elliot added, and then disappeared into the passing crowd.

— And what about love? I bet slaves love their masters more than the spouses of free countries love their husbands.
— Levian syndrome, — Dinorsis decided to explain what his brother said in a more understandable way, — is when slaves, due to their upbringing, acquire a sense of loyalty to their master.
— Call it whatever you want, but it's definitely more reliable than marriage vows, which are easily broken in all cultures.