This slave: Musings Of A Pampered Pet

I am fond of my Master.

I find it odd to feel happy around someone after all these years. My last escapade with positive feelings led me to be bought a bastard of a man who beat me daily. Somehow Master Vasteel has brought about pleasant emotions and not brought pain...yet. He has a wife, a gorgeous woman who I am very proud to call my Mistress, and the Tyeni seem very much in love. Some of their customs confuse me, however, such as the fact I must wear a veil. Why a veil? I'll never understand it and honestly? It bothers me quite a bit, but Master seems to like it, so I am pleased. However, Master is very busy, as he is the Reeve, and everyone and their brother seems to have a problem...This leaves myself and the Mistress rather lonely sometimes, but I can cope with it.

However, I guess Mistress cannot cope quite so well with Master's absence, for she has hired a man to be her companion. He strikes a rather shocking resemblance to myself, and I find it very funny. Jake has flaming hair a bit lighter than my own, and his eyes are blue and not green, but we're both very similar in height and build, save for the fact I'm very obviously female and a smidgen taller. I ponder if this is a simple coincidence or purposeful. I don't even pretend to know.

I talked to Jake the other night when Master went to get checked up on. Master instructed me to speak to people and...well, I don't like talking to people. It was kind of odd. However, the choice of who to talk to was thankfully stolen when Jake spoke to me, and I find him to be quite a nice man.

I overheard the Master talking to a man who /sounded/ Tirrish, but was blatantly not Tir. He spoke broken Tyen and was asking if I was for sale...I blocked Jake from my thoughts as I listened to their conversation. I was a little apprehensive at first, but the man seemed to only wish me for a gatherer, and Master deterred this train of thought. I'm not a gatherer...Thank Melchior that all this slave is good for is sex, no? Or perhaps Elbahn for that...Master follows Elbahn, as does Mistress. I feel that I am not worthy to worship Melchior, seeing as I "worship Elbahn" quite a bit more than I read it seems...But I still value knowledge above everything except the Master's wishes...perhaps I am just choosing the worship of the Master over the worship of my Gods? I do not know.

I do know something, however: I am happy with my Master. He gave me a collar after we left Jake and the others. A collar! I have not had a collar since I shared Guy's Master. It is such a nice collar, and it's a wonderful feeling to have a collar about my neck once more. He also gave me a veil, and I admit it's pretty, if extremely baffling. It's only a half veil, so my eyes are unobstructed as I take in the knowledge around me...although, the floor isn't very informative.