In Enslaved, you play as Monkey, a lonely colossus who teams up against his will with Trip, a brilliant young handyman but unfit to survive outside the safety of her enclave. Both captured, they meet on one of those mysterious slave carriers rumored to harvest humans before embarking on a one-way trip to the West.
As they search for a way to escape, Trip realizes that Monkey's brute force may be her best chance for survival on the difficult journey home. She then hacks a slaver's headband and places it on Monkey's head. Here they are, linked for better and for worse: if she dies, he dies...