One cannot conquer a freeman; the most one can do is kill him.

Torture: That is all he now knows and feels. Pain and torture; there is no joy. He is a puppet. But, he can think, so therefore in a way, he is a freeman. He is not by definition a slave, simply an unwilling servant. He receives payment, but is not allowed to leave the general vicinity of his mistress. She knows that she cannot conquer him, but she will not kill him for then he is completely freed from his control. She will always want him under her control. It is her weakness, her one fault; she needs to be in total control of everything.