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Happy to see them accept his offer, the woman's comment gets his attention. "Slave pens? There are slavers around here? Do you have any idea where you were held? We'd rather avoid anyone like that if we can help it." After a few moments, another question comes to mind. "Have you any idea what you're going to do from here?"
The former slaves do a double-take, as if such ignorance were outlandish.
"Yes. Slavers. Thousands of them, all moving in gangs all around the state. They kidnap people all the time, if they don't kill them."

One of the other women points to the south-east, "They had us in a pen about 50 miles that way. They have a whole little lair there, hidden under camouflage and dug in."

One of the men points to his neck, "They all have this black tattoo, right here. They're some kind of organisation."

"After we finish up here, we're going down to an old ski resort. There's a militia operating out of there, we can join up with them and fight back against those slavers." The man with the biggest handgun explains. "But first, we need to gather some food for the journey..."