Dear Beaten:

I wish I could tell you that your next master would probably be better, but everybody in Cheliax is INCREDIBLY BAD AT TORTURE.  If you've only had this one master, it's impossible for me to guess whether your next master will, for example, beat you even more harshly even after taking account that he beats you less invariably - the amount he beats you when you don't burn dinner might be more than your last master beat you when you did burn dinner.

With no ability to guess the results on that level, I think you should fall back on a different decision-making process:  If you've decided somebody is an idiot, and you have the power to kill him and get away with it, and you're otherwise not sure of the consequences, you should kill him.

Why?  Because, while the new situation you end up in might be worse, maybe you'll be able to escape that situation too, or change it.  The alternative is being stuck forever in the place you are right now.  

Dear Beaten:

I wish I could tell you that your next master would probably be better, but everybody in Cheliax is INCREDIBLY BAD AT TORTURE.  And if you've only had this one master, it's impossible for me to guess whether your next master will, for example, beat you even more harshly even after taking account that he beats you less invariably - the amount he beats you when you don't burn dinner might be more than your last master beat you when you did burn dinner.

With no ability to guess the results on that level, I think you should fall back on a different decision-making process:  If you've decided somebody is an idiot, and you have the power to kill him and get away with it, and you're otherwise not sure of the consequences, you should kill him.

Why?  Because, while the new situation you end up in might be worse, maybe you'll be able to escape that situation too, or change it.  The alternative is being stuck forever in the place you are right now.  

Dear Beaten:

I wish I could tell you that your next master would probably be better, but everybody in Cheliax is INCREDIBLY BAD AT TORTURE.  If you've only had this one master and no others to compare, it's hard to guess whether your next master will, for example, beat you even more harshly even after taking account that he beats you less invariably - the amount he beats you when you don't burn dinner might be more than your last master beat you when you did burn dinner.

With no ability to guess the results on that level, I think you should fall back on a different decision-making process:  If you've decided somebody is an idiot, and you have the power to kill him and get away with it, and you're otherwise not sure of the consequences, you should kill him.

Why?  Because, while the new situation you end up in might be worse, maybe you'll be able to escape that situation too, or change it.  The alternative is being stuck forever in the place you are right now.