This story is really short so I'm just going to post it all at once.
"Are there any that are educated?" the man asked, studying all the different children presented before him.
"There's one but she's a mute." The man considered that for a moment.
"She can read and write?"
"She can read all Japanese languages. She can only write in the language of her clan, Parvian." The man nodded and gestured for the slave seller to show him the girl. "This is her," the seller said, presenting a small girl. She had white hair and purple eyes. She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. In her eyes was a sadness the man had never seen before. He saw the other children, singing to pass the time of their miserable lives. This girl could not sing. She could not make a single sound.
"Her name and how she became mute?"
"Shizuka. We don't know. No one has ever heard her make a sound. She was even born silent. I've kept her in my possession for a long time and I've taken her to a specialist for several visits. Technically speaking, she should be able to talk but it has never occurred. She is mute."
"I see. How much?" Shizuka stared between her master and the man who wished to buy her. She didn't care what they had to say. All she knew was that her time in this holding cell was finally up. She was over joyed. She frowned.