Scaramouche had been sold into the slave trade at 11, and on his 19th birthday he was taken to an auction where people began to bid on him.

Thousands of dollars were being bid on him. Scaramouche let out meows of terror, tail whipping side to side in horror as someone bid a million dollars on him. Then, a girl piped up. She was young, and she looked disgusted at this whole thing. She seemed… kind. “One billion,” she said.