Matt feels like he's slipping out of his skin as he shakes his head, puts his hands behind his back in a nervous tic, and says, the incredulity slipping out despite himself, "You run around at night beating free people up, in a mask, like some sort of superhero, and want to become a cinderella to a millionaire who has absolutely no reason to free you beyond his own whims. Am I understanding you correctly?"
In the pause between that, the snuff-bait says "That's not what a cinderella is."
There's a second of frozen silence, during which Matt can feel his face go flat and empty, the way it is when he's truly pissed, and breathes around his anger. It's not useful--the snuff-bait is the slave the free people seem to like the most, so he can't do anything to stop him from interrupting Matt at the moment. Instead he remembers that patience is useful for a variety of situations, and makes his voice say softly, "A Cinderella in my world is a slave who is freed by a rich person, ordinarily a man. There is always strings attached--usually marriage or employment, or sex, hence the name.
"And being a cinderella is rarely, if ever, a good choice. The majority are swiftly enslaved right before the period of marriage or sex or employment is up, because no contract with a slave is possible."
Fill, Opposite's response to The Mask
Matt feels like he's slipping out of his skin as he shakes his head, puts his hands behind his back in a nervous tic, and says, the incredulity slipping out despite himself, "You run around at night beating free people up, in a mask, like some sort of superhero, and want to become a cinderella to a millionaire who has absolutely no reason to free you beyond his own whims. Am I understanding you correctly?"
In the pause between that, the snuff-bait says "That's not what a cinderella is."
There's a second of frozen silence, during which Matt can feel his face go flat and empty, the way it is when he's truly pissed, and breathes around his anger. It's not useful--the snuff-bait is the slave the free people seem to like the most, so he can't do anything to stop him from interrupting Matt at the moment. Instead he remembers that patience is useful for a variety of situations, and makes his voice say softly, "A Cinderella in my world is a slave who is freed by a rich person, ordinarily a man. There is always strings attached--usually marriage or employment, or sex, hence the name.
"And being a cinderella is rarely, if ever, a good choice. The majority are swiftly enslaved right before the period of marriage or sex or employment is up, because no contract with a slave is possible."