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"What is SLAVERY?" they asked one day. "Does it mean cleaning and begging and having things that buzz inside you with stick-out handles?"

"Slavery isn't something you do," said the Master. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a Master loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become a slave."

"Does it hurt?" they asked.

"Sometimes," said the Master, for the Master was always truthful. "When you are a slave you don't mind being hurt."

"Does it happen all at once, like being collared," they asked, "or bit by bit"?

"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Master. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are a slave, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are a slave you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

OK, so maybe that's not quite how the story goes... but you have to admit there is at least some truth to it.

"Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully." - Max Eastman

"Remember, Ownership is as much a consensual activity as slavery.  An Owner needs to earn trust and respect before gaining that priceless gift of surrender.  A slave also needs to earn that same level of trust and respect before expecting to have that gift accepted."

- Christina "slavette" Parker
The Path of Service - Guideposts for Excellence

I truly appreciate someone who loves to learn and pass on their knowledge.  Someone like this helps me grow as a person, challenges me to see things in different ways, and encourages me to experience things I may not have tried before.