The circus survivors and their captors pass near a prison settlement run by Countess P. The group, as well anyone else who may have passed the area, wouldn't know it was there because the tracks of those who have entered are covered and no one has ever left. Countess P. is a woman who poisoned her husband and asked the government to run a prison camp to help women who commit crimes similar to her own. The camp itself is set up in a circular fashion with the Countess' tower in the center. The women have no sense of time and are not allowed any luxuries or any form of communication that would help their time pass. They cannot receive or write letters, and they have no way to track time.....
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