Aya puts that on her to-do list.

And they settle in. It's a nice estate. If the one thing doesn't bother you too much.

Aya goes around and looks at that one thing.

They have crops for sale and gardens to feed the estate itself and livestock and the quarters are adequately maintained and there's enough food and they beat the slaves for working too slowly and the work day is fourteen hours in summertime and the children start at age eight. 

What do the children do before that? How badly are the slaves beaten? Are there exceptions for sick/injured/etc.?

The children can do whatever they want; their parents are usually working (mothers get six months off when they have a newborn). They're clearly avoiding causing lasting injuries. There are exceptions for sick and injured if the overseer doesn't think you're faking it.

She asks around to see how good the overseer is at telling when people are faking it.

Uh, sometimes he gives some slack to the girl he's sleeping with? 

Is she on the whole pleased with this arrangement?

It's better than not, yeah.

Have they ever previously had a better overseer?

There was a decent one who died like five years ago.

What were their characteristics?

Mostly didn't whip people who were actually sick or injured! Let them get away with stealing stuff, sometimes. 

What stuff do they find they need to steal?

...it's not really need to, just, sometimes it's nice to have nice things. Food, mostly.

Yeah. Any other comments or complaints?

Amait said she wouldn't sell people off in a manner that separated families but they're not sure how long that was good for.

If it's been good so far it probably will remain so. Does anyone want their families bought?

Some people!

Aya takes careful notes on all those people.

Why's she doing this.

She's Amait's secretary and can get her attention to things that would benefit from her attention.

Would this benefit from her attention.

Maybe. She will be conservative about it if people are nervous.