Yeah, hardly an expert like you, but I worked in the fields from when I had the strength to dig up until...well, I'm sure someone's told you what the Empire does to peasants they don't like.

[It's not that she wanted to leave the farm, or could have even if the thought had occurred to her. But many people don't get to have a peaceful life, and some get mad about it.]

After that it was good ol' banditry, sorry to say.