Week 4, Title: Needs must

Tom had been living in the underground halls of the slave rebellion for two weeks and was still struggling to traverse the vast tunnels. He was having just as much difficulty with the slave rebellion itself, dizzy from all the action and still trying to get his head around the notion that he was now free. The combat-instruction and agility exercises were far beyond his slave-soldier training. The comfort and ease with which everyone handled their freedom was intimidating. And despite his usual coherent verbosity, when he had ideas he felt too disoriented to articulate them. It was all so bewildering. And now, one of his trainers, Jim, was taking him somewhere new.  

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