do you think Anne and Charles ever saw the scars on each other’s back. do you think they were ever aware that they shared shackles. do you think they realized their violence was born of the same yoke. do you think they considered the way the other was used for the sake of men who saw them as tools for pleasure and wealth. do you think they they knew that their freedom would always be tainted by the past and that its pursuit stemmed from fear. do you think they recognized the pain in those marks. do you think they ever talked about it. do you think they thought their bodies would never truly be theirs because of it. do you think—




















