[Miranda_]

Angel eyed both of them with the deepest suspicion. He'd been given no reason at all to trust Philomenes, even less so now cuz of the treatment he'd been given. Despite his hurts, he crawled away as far as his tethering chain would let him; attached to his collar, it was the end of even the partial freedom that slaves had. Slaves that had escaped were to be tethered for the rest of their lives, both sleeping and awake.