The Architectural team sighed as they saw the mages go inside.
"You're going to have trouble with those ones, My Lord. They absolutely refuse to break a contract, and insist it's beneath their dignity to do anything less than speak the whole truth.
Even when they're being absolute jerks about it." The Architect insisted.
Wilkes nodded in agreement, and Dominic shrugged.
"Well, we can have you build them a nice tower on the edge of town where they won't bother anyone. But what contract could they have that would be an issue for me? Are they currently working for someone else?" He asked.
The Merchant laughed grimly. "No. Their criminal slave contract. They were sentenced to a life of servitude and sold. But the contract requires that in order to be transferred, the owner must take a fair price for them.
It's a normal thing for prisoner contracts, but what is 'fair' is usually up to interpretation.
