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Vijaya's predator claws click nervously upon the tile floor, his lips peeling back over his teeth in a grimace

Kret places her hands on his shoulders and smiles, but just a little bit. "I made you suffer. You made me suffer. Perhaps I went overboard. Perhaps you had too much fun in your torture. But, I'm done with retribution with you. I've decided you, both of you, have had enough."

"T... then, what are you going to do with us?" Chance asks, his ears flickering downward.

Kret sighs and lowers her towel, showing herself off to the two males. "I suppose I should give you two something in return, since the three of us are going on a trip together.

Chance gulps. "Well, that's nice and all, boss, but"

"Don't act like you don't like it" Kret asks, rubbing her thumb over Vijaya's horn.

Chance's tail flicks back and forth as he looks down to the dejected kobold. "W... what do you have in mind?"

Kret moves her fingers downward, wrapping her fingers around Vijaya's exposed length.

Vijaya gasps, breaking his silence. His eyes widen as he stares into Kret's eyes. "W... why are you...?"

"I've been reflecting," Kret says. "And, I can't help but wonder if I'm not still looking into a mirror...

Vijaya looks away, a growl rising up from his throat.

"Am I wrong?"

He pushes her away, and Kret stumbles back a few steps, right into Chance. The cat tries to support her, but she slaps him away.

"Excuse me for trying to connect with you!" Kret spits

"You might have had the opportunity, if you didn't bring the wrath of Estrasa upon us. My entire enterprise provides so many with opportunities. Do you know how many people died for me to sit on that throne and give so much to the people of Calin?

"Consider the lives you ruined so that you could ruin more? Is that what you want me to do? You got what you deserved for ruining their lives, don't you think?"

"I don't care about them! I'm talking about those who died doing nothing but trying to help me, by trying to make sure I was more than some street lizard, scrambling for change."

Kret takes her turn to be silent as Vijaya stands up tall, his shoulders back, taking a deep breath as he closes his eyes. "I started off as a slave to society. I fought and killed to become the top of this organization. I may not have been a slave back then, but there were those above me who saw me as little more than the pet I was. I made sure to make them believe I was worth the respect I fought for but now, here I am, your pleasure slave, and you try to make yourself seem so high and mighty over me. I would have given you a life you would have enjoyed, surely!"

"Don't you think I don't know that!?" Kret snaps back at him. "I literally just had an identity crisis over my decision. Maybe if you didn't treat me like a piece of dirt, I would have been more compliant."

Vijaya's snarl only grows, finally standing up to her, face-to-face with his new mistress, his forehead pressed to hers. "Maybe if you kept your damn mouth shut, I wouldn't have thrown you to Aelis."

"Maybe if you didn't run things like a monster, I wouldn't have had to act like one just to get this far! If you and yours just tried for more than yourselves." she looks away from him and the mirror behind him with disgust.

"Maybe If there was more in this world than slaves and masters I could have afforded such weakness, to let down my guard! But we see how relaxing turned out for me, don't we?" He yanks on his leash.

"Maybe if I didn't have Chance tear your ass apart, I wouldn't feel so bad!"

"Maybe if I just told her that I loved her, I could have been a better friend!"

Again, the bath house is drenched in an eerie quiet, leaving Chance to awkwardly clear his throat to break up the regret-fueled staring going on between the two of them. "I think we have a lot to unpack here between the two of you. Perhaps it's best if we just...

"Quiet, Chance!" Kret snaps.