•deafness, is a duplicity. This
will protect you if you make a mistake. But, it is imperative
that at all cost, you keep up your act; Greeks are intrigued
with good acting and with some duplicity, but they never want
to be reminded they have been fooled or lied to. You will be safe so
long as they are not sure if your muteness is really an act. If you
forget your character for one moment, that may be your
last.”
•“I understand.”
•“Caliban, you come from
the mountains to the north. As a youth, you were captured
while fighting during the Peloponnesian War in the battle
of Amphipolis. You have been a slave ever since.