Kate placed her hand on Dermot's arm, "You step one foot in that place and your caught.  Chances are I'd never see you again. You'd be beaten in submission and forced to mate and fight for your mistress's coin. Dermot, I taught you to read and write so you could assist me with making healing potions, elixirs, and ointments."<br/><br/>The mage faced Wizardess, "You could bring one of the sailors. One with very little education would be best."