Wow, the thread got resuscitated after the arrival of Tess. Lots of activity.
Stan5851 For that highly controversial scene with Veronica, I've always believed this was a carefully constructed play.
If you look closely at the renders, you will see a slave hearing Veronica's shoe drop and then going to lick her foot. That wouldn't be possible if they were deaf. And it was her mother saying that they were deaf. I think it is because she wanted Elena to believe they were in a safe environment so Elena would speak openly. And it was one of these slaves who later leaked the information of V supporting Olivia to Dominique. And this was all part of Veronica's plan- her way of testing Olivia, whether she can tackle the dual assault of Dominique+Juliette.
But now that Tess is here, we can get this cleared once and for all.