If it's a contract, it's an unwritten one. They can be passed down through the family lines, too, or left to others in a will. That one -- Dobby was his name -- annoying as he was, I was surprised my father let him go. I never did get the full story behind it...

[Hmm.

WELL, no matter.]

Do they not have churches here? I can only imagine the myriad of religions that might exist amongst a group like this.