Power for Fealty.

"You two look completely different. What's with that?" Ethan asked. 

The boy raised his head and looked at Ethan with a cautious eye. While the girl curiously looked around the room not minding the surroundings around her. She seemed timid and yet appeared to be bold at the same time. 

"It's because I had used mud with a specific remedy to dirty our faces to not stand out." The boy replied. 

With a surprised look, Ethan said, "Oh! Clever! It makes sense to not stand out when you're captured as a slave. Especially for women…."