They are a little nervous.

Do they think the overseer would be upset they talked about him?

Maybe? And they knew Amait's great-grandmother, she was predictable, so was Amait's grandmother, Amait seems to consider them all kind of a liability aside from the votes and that's dangerous.

She hasn't communicated with them at all about that?

She said they wouldn't be sold and could bring her concerns and she's working on abolition but, like.

Anybody tried bringing any concerns?

They take that to the overseers mostly.

And they handle it all right?

They handle it predictably?

Examples?

Equipment was getting rusty, they needed a replacement. Irrigation ditches needed to be dug back out, which would delay planting a week. Someone wanted to visit their wife, who used to live on the plantation across the way but got sold farther away.

And the overseer handled all that fine?

More or less. (Miserable hours so planting didn't get too delayed, guy who wanted to visit his wife had to bribe him.)

What kind of bribes does he take?

They're allowed to have pocket money if they earned it. 

What's he charge for visit permission?

He took a twenty, said it'd be more next time.

Great.

Okay, what does she have to get Amait to do in order for them to be comfortable with her going to Amait with all this information?

...they're not really sure. Things are kind of okay, really.

Okay.

It's nice of her.

She goes back to the house.

Amait is doing household accounts. "Ayabel."

"Ma'am."

"How'd it go -"