Dawn hummed, thinking it over before dunking her head backwards into the water, wetting the blond waves against her scalp and considering the question.  She seemed almost hesitant and for just a moment Miyuki realized that the blonde might be best considering how to answer it as a slave to a free woman before she finally spoke.<strong> "A mistake is something you regret.  Do you regret coming here?  Do you regret leaving your home?  I can not judge these things, only you can.  I know that I ran away from a bad life in the faded lands to willingly choose five years as a slave girl.  Had I stayed in Malkin city I might have a life far less pleasant then I do today, earning my keep only on my back, and with less comfort then I enjoy now.  My slave's cell is small, but I have clean bedding, fresh water, a door on my cell that I can lock at nights when my day as a slave is done.  I am allowed to keep some of the tips I make for small comforts.  I am given a few copper every morning to visit the baths.  Every second week I get a day to myself.  I have good food and the occasional drink when my master deems it."</strong><br/><br/>She splashed the water about for a moment,<strong>"If I had stayed at home in Malkin City I would likely be working nearly as hard, for not so much, and would have little to say about the men who enjoyed my body.  As it stands I am free to lay with men or women as I see fit, so long as it is not during the long hours of which I am expected to work and so long as I am not so tired that I can not work the next morning."</strong><br/><br/>She smiled and added,<strong>"I even had one man offer to buy my contract from my master.  But when he found out that my contract explicitly forbade commanding me to service sexually, he lost interest and left without another word.  I do not doubt that there are some slaves who have it worse then I do.  But I know also there are some who have it better.  Priestess Ylene is often an inspiration to women like me because of her story."</strong><br/><br/>Dawn dunked under the water again and came up with water trailing down her face and body, her larger breasts floating comfortably on the top of her bath water.<strong>"I do not think it was a mistake for me to come here.  But the important question is not that if I think you made a mistake, but if you think you did."</strong>