Awww, Fekkri is using his money to free slaves.

He thinks he's helping!

(Pouring that money right back into the system)

you gotta start someplace even if its acting the part of the system to take down that system.

Supportive husband, that's what we all need.

dawwwww Fekkri what sweety.. if only when i was adducted from school in real life someone like that was there.. 3 years......

He keeps the keys.

This is the part that's really sad to me right here. The empty house is tragic and telling, of course. The idea that this isn't home, and can't be home is its own flavor of pain. And obviously there's the blatant lie that this is everything he needs, even if he doesn't recognize it as such.

But that crate of keys...

It's been seen that oftentimes people need a reminder of their pain. Something they can hold with their hands and see with their eyes, more tangible than the scars on their soul. Oftentimes, these reminders become chains, visual cues that they're not allowed to want or grow or be happy. A box of penance that only grows with time.

How many chains does he carry now, I wonder? Is every key he breaks its own separate chain upon his shoulders? Or just another link in one long, unbroken chain around his neck?

Help, I don't get it. I don't know the backstory. Did Fek just free Arvie and bring him back to his home?

Solved! Got help from the one and only Fek on Discord! Fek and Arvie freed a slave together.

Yeye!

More specifically, Fekkri saves his adventuring money and spends most of it buying/freeing slaves