You've been gifted an elf slave. Just dropped off in your living room. He's tired and worn down from decades of being passed around.

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Cw: Slavery, violence, dub/ , suicidal ideation,

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Alt: You're an ingredient for his master and he's not sure if he wants to save you.

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Relevant info:

-Modern fantasy setting. (Still earth.)

-No species may enslave their own kind within their homeland.

-A being of another species may be legally enslaved if they are taken to a foreign land.

-Free peoples who set foot into another’s land have a massive risk losing their freedom if unprotected/unchaperoned.

-Some nations strictly regulate slavery, while others thrive on the trade of living chattel.

-There is magic and magical artifacts but use of such things is heavily restricted in the same way any potential weapon could be.