It was my own private horror. My friend was gone, lost into the chasm that was
their collective mind. All that trouble to save him and I'd helped to send him away
permanently. A single tear ran down my cheek as I stood up.
“Why are you making tears, Ciara?” he asked curiously taking it off my face.
“Sometimes humans make tears when we are happy about something. I'm really
happy for you Master Christof,” I Lied.
1 don't think he believed me, but he let it slide.
I was so depressed. The one person here that didn't insist I act like a mindless
slave was now a mindless slave. I barely noticed when Master Damien let me
choose between two different pieces of ornamentation to wear to the Keepers
today. They'd never done that before, but I was too upset to give it much thought.
The men were still in phenomenally fabulous states of mind. They didn’t seem to
notice my mood, which was a good thing. It would have been impossible to
explain.
After all the exertion Last night I was really thirsty. They had set me between
Master Bane and Master Kein and I kept asking for a Little more water during the
morning meal. Master Kein must have gotten sick of me, he handed me a full cup
and went back to the conversation.
I just stared at him. Nobody else even looked at me. Tentatively I took a sip and
looked up. They were still talking about a new sword someone had gotten. I
drank the whole cup and handed it back to Master Kein, he filled it and asked if I
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I shook my head “no’ and he Laughed tousling my hair. It struck me to wonder if
they could just stick to their own stupid rules. That would make my life so much
easier.
I was still down when we got to the Keepers compound. They weren't though.
Master Damien kissed my cheek and told me to have fun. He said we would go
for a fitting in the next couple of days. I needed to describe to the tailors how the
outfit I danced in was made. They were all acting so off, I couldn't figure it out.
The girls were sympathetic to my problem when I told them about it.
They didn’t really understand though. Even Rose had forgotten what it was Like
to have a special relationship with just one person. They tried to cheer me up, but
it didn’t really work. I was in a funk.
Master Christof came to feed me for lunch, in the Lunch room, of course. I ate
what he gave me and didn’t complain. He talked with the other Warriors about
the campaign and who was going for a coupling next. They gave each other
pointers on how to best subdue the women. He didn’t seem at all upset to be
Lying out his ass.
I missed him, the real him. I missed talking to him about how he was raised and
what it was like to use a sword, all the stupid stuff we used to talk about at mid
day. At some point during the meal I started to cry again. He brushed the tears
away and looked at me questioningly.
Recovering quickly I told him I was thinking of my family again. He said the same
thing Master Damien had, I wasn't permitted to think about them. They had not
done a good job protecting me. In truth, I had to agree with him about that.
After Lunch I swam out my Little hole. I surfaced and saw the Keepers were busy
with the girls on the beach. I was glad for the way they obsessed on us. It made it
easier to disappear in the afternoons. They were always helping someone
undress or walking them to the bathroom. It was stupid the way they acted Like
we were all little kids.
I took a breath a dived deep. There were all these little yellow fish that hung out
at the edge of the rock wall by the inlet. I chased them sometimes. I saw a cluster
of them now. Swimming toward them, they scattered and then all went left.
Weirdly enough, they all kept going and didn’t go back to the wall, neither did I.
I was caught in the current. I'd forgotten it was higher up now. The undertow
sucked me along at a rapid pace. Back at home, I'd been taught never to fight an
undertow, but I'd never been in one this strong or fast. I remembered an old
lifeguard telling me to relax and use my hands to guide me to the surface.
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on what was essentially a large sand bar in the middle of the ocean. I looked
around and realized I was in the middle of nowhere.
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fought for control of myself and it was a losing battle.