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| 26 | 1171 | View more quotes about slave">Slave needs, of course, as any unsatisfied need, can cause suffering, who knows better than a helpless slave, but I would not be without such needs. |
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| 26 | 1168 | How alive the collar makes us! How welcoming and sentient we become in so many ways in this so sentient world! We welcome its myriads of sensations, its aromas, its colors, its sounds, its textures and tastes, the feel of wet sand beneath our bared feet, that of the wind on our bared arms and legs, rushing landward from sparkling, salty Thassa, the pull on our leash as we are led behind our masters, the smell of high, rain-drenched grass in the fields, the luster of delicate talenders blossoming in the spring, the creaking of a heavy wagon, the sound of kaiila bells, the feel of the fur at the foot of the master's couch, the feel on our belly of the tiles as we crawl toward him, close encirclements of leather on our bound wrists, confining our hands behind our body, the taste and texture of his sandals on our lips and tongue. |
| 26 | 1169 | On this world we respond to, and welcome, its myriad sensations. |
| 26 | 1170 | Every inch of us is alive. |
| 26 | 1171 | Slave needs, of course, as any unsatisfied need, can cause suffering, who knows better than a helpless slave, but I would not be without such needs. |
| 26 | 1172 | In this suffering, and anguish, if nothing else, I know myself intensely alive. |
| 26 | 1173 | Imagine now, if you can, the concern, and hopes, of the slave that such needs, such cruel needs, will be recognized by the master, and that he will be moved to attend to them. |
| 26 | 1174 | How different things are for the slave and free! The free male, should he have an interest in free women, perhaps he has no access to slaves, usually initiates the sexual encounter. |