Sinric nods. "And rise to positions of power and influence, should they posses the ambition and skills."

He flattens his hands on the table "I know it has not always so. Even in my own time, the place of a slave could be very different city to city, place to place. Even household to household. But I am grateful for what I had, and cannot and will not be made to decry that." His voice wavers, clearly distressed. "I know others have suffered but I cannot make that right by regretting my past."