yarrr, ye scurvy boy-king, halt ye whinin'

Klimun freed the slave, who was named Gerosthenes, and told him he could go home. But Gerosthene's family was long dead, and there was no home for him to go to. He was grateful to Klimun for his life as well as for his freedom, and he said he would stay and serve the prince for the rest of his life.

"And that is different from being a slave in what way?" Eugenides asked.

"I think the difference lies in the choice," Phresine said gently.

from The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner