"It likely works better than most arrangements in Antiva. Oh there are communities that raise their young in a group but it is always with some fear for a political by blow or debt that lingers over their heads. Even noble children are not safe. One of the Crows in my cell was a legitimate heir of a Merchant Prince- simply the second son." Prince or pauper, none were above the Crows.

"...all the more reason I am glad Serena brought Lucci to me. At first it was a shock but- knowing what his fate might have been?" There are worse things.