This one's name was Tony? What a strange name, Midgardian naming must have evolved quite a long way. Slaves were encouraged to be named by their Midgardian roots, and even taught a little about their realm, to remind them that they had a place and purpose within Yggdrasil. But he had not heard the name Tony before.

"Your heart is defective and requires a machine to run it? Why haven't your healers fixed it yet?"

Surely, if he had made it this far alive, then it must be treatable. Something like that would either be healed, or it would be bad enough for the patient to die. This was just barbaric.

"Take your hand away and allow me to see, I shall not remove it if you speak the truth. You look too like someone I think of as a brother to want to hurt you."