“Carry these rocks up that hill,” she pointed. “Pile them at the top. Work quickly, I
will punish you if you are lazy.”
I Looked up the Long slope and then at the pile of rough, heavy looking rocks, It
wasn't clear to me why this grouping of rocks needed to be moved, but I didn't
argue. I just set myself to work as Nu-reeh flew away.
The rocks were nominally heavy, the real issue was the incline. It was steep and
long. I walked as quickly as I could and piled the rocks at the top.
The work was hot and dirty. Some of the stones were covered in a Layer of thick
dried muck. It stuck to me, stuck to my clothes, and got in my hair.
At noon that strange filling food and a jug of water were given to me. The woman
delivering the food demanded I work faster. I wasn’t nearly as far along as I
should be.
When the sun set I was delivered back to Nu-reeh’s quarters. She fed me my
dinner and demanded I work on the outfit. I worked until I nearly fell asleep sitting
over it and then crawled to lay down by the fire.
My days took on a terrible monotony. I moved stones all day. It was very boring
and repetitive.
The stones were a game I assumed. It hadn't taken me Long to realized I moved
the same pile of rocks up the hill every day. Part of me was tempted to just throw
them off the cliff that lay several yards away. However, I realized how tenuous my
current situation was.
I was sore and tired most of the time. Although I was fed at regular intervals
weight dropped from me almost daily. There was never hunger, which I was
grateful for, but I started to look starved.
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For some reason bathing was also prohibited by my new Mistress. The streaks of
dirty sweat caking my features seemed to please her. I truly looked the part of the
downtrodden slave now.
The only time Nu-reeh seemed at all concerned about me was the day I fell and
cut my hand. She had me wash and wrap it. The healing cream was applied to it
generously. I failed to understand why that cut was healed and the rest of me
was left to look so bedraggled.
As I walked up the now familiar path with my burden, I often thought of Hannah. I
hoped her life would be filled with wonderful adventures. I wondered where she
was and what she was doing. Looking ruefully down at my heavy load, I knew it
was better than how I was Living.
The current situation did not change my mindset. Even now, I made up my mind
to be happy. I sang songs to myself. Sometimes it was songs I had made up,
other times it was songs I had heard. Anything to keep my spirits up in this dreary
existence.
Nu-reeh appeared one day when I was smiling and humming nonsense to myself
as I worked. She Looked at me as though there was a question she wanted to
ask. Instead she handed me the outfit I had pieced together.
“Change,” she told me, “foot covers, too.”
We were outside and I placed the stone I had been carrying on the ground,
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I took off the warm blue outfit, which
was now mostly brown anyway, and
put the rags on Pyliog ff my foot
on the scraps I had
sewn together for my feet. It was a
fitting outfit for my current position.
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done. Since I only had small victories
in this life, I opted to celebrate them.
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“You are a strange creature,” Nu-reeh said watching me carefully. “I think you will
still be good for them.”
“Thank you, Mistress,” I said automatically.
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