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I writhed and slumped, sliding off the bed.

“What is it? What’s wrong?” he asked, his voice all concern.

I relaxed, letting my body go rag-doll. Whatever it was pinching and poking at my mind seemed to slide away. It was like getting rid of a cramp. Relaxing the muscles around it made it relax too. The sensation of being probed at faded. I crawled up until I was perched on the end of the bed again.

“Heh, sorry. Would you believe I was having a brain cramp?”

“No,” he said flatly.

“How else would you describe a probing, tweaking, pinching sensation that goes away when you relax?” I asked. My head felt a bit fuzzy.

[[Foiled psi attack?]] I heard a voice say… or did I. It seemed to echo a lot more than a regular voice. “Please, can you tell me, what’s going on?” I begged.

He rubbed his chin with a thoughtful smile and said, “Alright, I think I will give you an explanation. I feel a female of your obvious caliber is entitled to one.”

I raised an eyebrow – A female of my caliber?- but said “Er, yeah, thanks… I think.”

“The process is called Bonding,” he told me. I nodded, this much I’d heard. “It involves the mental, spiritual and physical linking of two individuals through their specially altered blood.”

I cut in, “From the little I’ve seen so far I’m guessing, targeted fem to male?”

“Yes, and slave or in this case Bondwoman, to master.”

“There’s a difference?”

“You will learn soon enough. The process also gives the master of the pairing certain rites and privileges… and powers over his Bondling.”

“Which varies from pairing to pairing right?”

He looked startled. “How?”

I just gave him a rather sick, grimace of a smile and asked, “Okay, how long does it last this… over-control of yours and you’d better tell the truth ‘cause I’ll know it if you lie!” So my voice took on a slightly strained and hysterical overtone. I think I was well within my rights. Even having my sense of reality suspended for a while I can only handle so many shocks before it all hits me and I go into meltdown.

–What’s happening to me?!- I thought wailed once more.