Originally posted by IolantheAlias:
To me it's shocking that he doesn't know how to read at age 12. That makes total sense, because Trask doesn't want his slave getting ideas and getting uppity, but reading has been so important to me in my life that I always get chills when someone is not educated.
Me too, Io. Which is part of the reason why I had to add that in - the pure horror factor. Plus, it simply would not do if "S" could read about all the wonderful things in the world and decide to revolt against his master.
