[ Rowan shakes his head in disgust. ]

Treated ye worse than animals is what they did. I wouldn't even keep my goats in such a sorry state!

[ As loathe as he is to think people went to the Free Cities, at least it wasn't Thorne. Realistically, Rowan can concede that if there were many more, it would be more difficult to handle all the new arrivals. ]

I'm sorry to hear what they've done, but rest assured, you won't be gettin' the same here.