"So that's why... I was in the first one..." She pulled her collar of her uniform's shirt down to show a tattooed 'I-XXXVIII' on her collar bone and showed it to her. "Geeze... yours must have hurt... how long did yours sting for?" she asked sympathetically. "Mine hurt... probably for a day or two. I took it, believe it or not, a bit happily..." She looked at the girl and saw her looking at her funny. "Well it was becasue... when the slavers were selling me off... they bidded me first to some guy's wife... until I bit the auctioneer when he grabbed me and tried to drag me off." She smirked. "They threw me down and wanted to whip me for it... but then someone outbid the guy and it was for the plantation... said something about liking how tough I was... So... I took the tattoo as a personal victory. At least I got a little choice... even if just a little..."
