The servant appeared to be minding her business, but Miyuki was well aware of how servants ears were more keen then they seemed.  Still it wasn't as if she was saying anything terribly scandalous.  As Miyuki finished the woman motioned to the bath and said,<strong>"The water is ready misses.  Since it appears this is your first time in the private baths, i'd like to let you know that all of the rules of the public baths apply.  There will be no sexual congress allowed or I shall be forced to fetch the guards.  If you need anything from hotter water to towels to refreshments, it is my job to serve you."</strong><br/><br/>The two women slid into their baths, dawn shucking her clothing with narry a care in the world before slipping into the water which she had requested tepid bordering on cool.<strong> "I mean no offense Miyuki, because if you wish to be friends, certainly that would be something you could call me.  But I must say that your home sounds terrible.  It reminds me of the ancient stories of the kingdoms that my people fled over a thousand years ago, before the sundering, before the faded lands came to be.  Oh, over the last few hundred years there has not been peace in the faded lands.  Beasts and monsters roam the lands, city states might 'war' with each other over some matter or another, but those usually are cleared up in a few years.  War slaves are a thing, but they are generally treated the same as myself.  Slaves are...."  </strong>She paused and tried to think of the right wording,<strong>"... second class citizens I suppose you could say?  I may be lower then the poorest freewoman, but I am a person.  Mistreatment of slaves like you described can be brought before any magistrate, and if proven the slave earns immediate freedom."</strong><br/><br/>She splashed the water in her tub,<strong> "That's not to say that a master can't discipline a slave, even feed them very little, but to starve them or deny them water?  Why would your culture allow such treatment of fellow people?"</strong>