That conversation was quickly replaced by Rose’s fretting over the lashing. Rose’s family on earth had hit her with a belt and she talked about breathing through the pain

“I’m not sure if it’s better to scream or if there is a set number of lashings,” she mused pacing back and forth.

“Why would screaming make a difference?” I asked her.

“Do you remember the posts?” she asked incredulously. “Your Warriors watched you the entire time, they stood out of sight. They choose who went up after you, if you panicked too much they tell their friends to stop. Your Warriors will never cause you pain directly, they will only ever be the one to stop it.”

“That is so weird,” I mused remembering that awful night.

The torment had only stopped when one of my Masters called a halt to whoever was harassing me. The torture had ended with Master Damien and his brothers taking me home and caring for me.

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mode. “If they want to see you

practicing what I would call Lamaze breathing with Rose. She seemed so mature, but she

have

when you left Earth?” she asked

was the day they took

a little and she took a deep breath. “Well, it has been quite a

shock. I did the

a seventy year old woman. She was calmer than I was,

work different here,” she said stroking my hair,

“But on Earth..

I stammered.

us to speak of our home planets. We must only think of

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