She considered that for a moment, sipping her cider as she did.

"No way to know," she finally said. "I'd like to think they'll learn a bit and might make someone think twice about hassling them. They came to the class, and that's a good sign. But anyone can be a victim in the wrong circumstances. Sometimes you can't fight back, not enough to make any difference. Five hundred kilo gorillas are out there."

Section was the five hundred kilo gorilla in her life, and she'd never made any difference whatsoever to what it wanted to do, not until she'd escaped.