“How is it you were able to buy a slave?”

“This is not your concern,” my owner said stepping out of the pool.

For the first time, my owners seemed uncomfortable. I judged it was due to the amount of negative attention they were getting. Usually everyone just ignored them or was put off by their cold, contemptuous answers.

Their usual tactics to evade the attention of the other Warriors were not working.

I watched as they came toward me. The other men had not Let up and were actually following them. When they got close enough to me, I spoke up.

“Masters, I am so glad you returned. I missed you so much,” I said as authentically as I could.

I imagined how I would sound when

of them said,

spoke to the men I called Master and they never touched me. Using the moment of confusion,

said it had been a good idea. I don’t think these men could

the plug and then returned to the eating area. A

one of them addressed me, “you said your men-stru-ation comes each lunar cycle on your world. How Long is a

days, Master,” I told him, “but the

are different here,” the man said directing his comments to his Brothers, “time is different here. We can anticipate it will not follow the lunar cycle we

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men talked so long at the table, I thought the conversation would never end. Having learned not to interrupt,

they came to

Men with human slaves had told them using the box for too many days caused that problem. It

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