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Originally posted by Attalus:
VELDRIN (To Sefa, watching Tyree go out through the door) "All right, girl, here is a little gift for you." (attaches collar) "Now, you shall do anything that I say, or that collar will inflict exquisite tortures upon you, do you hear?" (Glares at Sefa, who doubles up in pain) "Now, no more attempts at escape. We bought you from your mother fair and square, and I shall be much stricter than Tyree, who is, I find, inclined to be soft, where girls are concerned, especially pretty ones like you. Now," (lies down on bed) "use that lotion and rub my back. No pinching, now, or you shall pay."
SEFA (Sulkily, she begins rubbing lotion on the glossy black skin. The pain that the drow inflicted on her with a single thought had been horrible, and she had no thought of disobeying at this point. Her mother, angry at her repeated attempts to run away, had sold her to these horrible people, so she had tried to escape on the road here. The man had caught her easily and beaten her for it while the drow woman had watched in amusement, making suggestions. She still yearned to escape, but not until she could figure out how to get the collar off.) "Yes, Mistress Veldin, whatever you say."