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Disclaimer: This story is about a society based on organized sex slavery. Though I tried to keep this story as erotica rather than smut, some of the story contains large amounts of sexual situations that could be considered "Hardcore". It goes without saying that this is not intended for anyone under the age of 18. This story is not to be distributed anywhere but Yiffstar.com. If you are reading this from somewhere else, please contact me at [email protected]

Recaptured

Chapter Two

Befriended

Tea yawned squeakily as he got out of his bed. He had saved some food and water for himself from before so he had something to eat when he woke up. As usual, he had no idea what time it was, nor how long he was sleeping. Most slaves weren't allowed out of The Oasis's underground territory, so they never knew if it was night or day.

After his meal, he had very little to do, knowing it could be hours before he would have his turn to be let out. Every hour, a certain number of cages were opened so the slaves could walk around and get exercise. They were allowed to socialize and even enter other cages if they wished, though they always had to be back in their own after the hour was up, or they would be issued punishments. They could even play sexually with each other, since magic was used to keep all the females unfertile, though this was usually just an excuse for slaves to take other slaves by force, which was never discouraged and sometimes even watched by the guards themselves. Some of the high-ranking slaves were allowed more time and more areas to walk around, but in the H - K room where Tea was kept, no one was allowed to even leave the room at will. It was just one of the things Tea missed about his old E - G room.

Tea idly played with the clasps of his cuffs for quite a while, until a guard walked to his cage and opened it up. Happy to be able to stand up again, Tea quickly crawled out when commanded. An N-class lizard slave was waiting near the guard and quickly took Tea's place when he got out, obviously on cleaning duty. Tea stretched happily and started to walk around to see if he could find anyone he knew.

"No! Let me g-mmmmph!" Tea perked his ears at the loud noise and quickly followed it to see where it came from. He soon saw a tall albino male squirrel strapping a ball-gag into the mouth of a smaller and younger mouse boy with his wrists cuffed behind him as he was bent over a large wooden table. They were both dressed in J-class outfits like Tea, so restraining the mouse wasn't a challenge for the squirrel. Tea calmly stepped up behind the squirrel and tapped his shoulder.

"So, what's the reason this time, Fore?" Tea giggled at the startled jump the squirrel made before quickly trying to regain a grip on his squirming victim.

"Are you going to ask that every time I do this, kid?" Fore said as Tea stepped into his view, sitting up on the table next to the mouse. He looked at Fore with an innocent expression until he got his answer. "Fine. This rodent was trying to steal food from my bowl when I wasn't lookin'. None of these guards are going to punish someone for stealing food from a J-class."

"Oh is that all? Geeze, it's too bad you aren't me, mousy. I could get away with it if I took his entire bowl on my way back to my cage." Tea reached down and ruffled the still-struggling mouse's ears. It was true, Tea could get away with almost anything when it came to Fore. After being accused of raping a lioness, Fore was saved from the punishment of spending a week as a Y-class by Tea who had fabricated one of the best set of lies he ever made and made it look like he himself was the rapist. Tea was at a higher-ranking D-class at the time, not to mention being about ten years younger than Fore, so he spent a week as an S-class instead (as well as some brutal other punishment), before he was moved to L-class. Fore, on the other hand, never moved an inch higher or lower than J-class. Understandably, Fore felt like he was in dept to the fennec, and let him do just about anything he wanted.

"Hey, take the food but leave the bowl. The last time you did that, I didn't eat for two days." Fore slapped the mouse's rump to get him to settle down a little. "What are you doing here anyways? I haven't seen you ranked this low in a year."

"I escaped." Tea said casually, like it wasn't a big deal.

"Escaped?! Successfully?"

"It's not exactly successful if they catch you again... I didn't get anywhere interesting though. I just spent a few months playing in the sand until I fell into a trap. When I got back..." He reached up and flicked the J-class tag on his collar with a little shrug.

"As crazy as ever. You really have to learn how to not get caught one of these days." Fore grabbed the back of the mouse's collar and yanked it upward roughly. "Or find ways of having fun without getting into trouble." Tea laughed and shook his head.

"I couldn't overpower a nine-year-old initiate, nor would I want to." He looked down at the mouse, then up at Fore with a mocking little smirk. "Unlike some people." Fore rolled his eyes.

"Some people never forget the past."

"I was nine years old, Fore. The guards were more gentle with me than you."

"Speaking of mice, you should really go see Saph, Tea." Fore quickly tried to change the subject, as well as find a way to get rid of the fennec so he could use what he caught.

"Sapphire? She's here? What happened?" Tea hopped off the table quickly.

"She dropped a guard's soul sphere down a flight of stairs."

"So? You'd need twenty sledge hammers to break one of those things."

"And a lioness was at the bottom of the stairs."

Tea cringed. "Did it hit her?" He asked. Fore nodded.

"And broke two of her toes. Talk about bad luck. I think her cage is up there." He pointed over his shoulder, to a row of wall cages above Tea's reachable by a metal spiral staircase, which led to a metal platform in front of the row. Tea nodded and made a quick motion with his paws before starting towards the stairs.

"I'll go see how she's doing. Have fun with your invisible mouse."

"Alright, see you later Tea... Invisible?" Fore looked down to find that all that remained of the mouse was a ball gag. He then looked over to see the mouse running towards his cage, his cuffs free from each other. Fore grumbled to himself as he picked up the gag. "Damn fennecs..."

Tea checked each cage until he came to one with a white mouse girl inside, looking a few years younger (but a little taller) than Tea. She was curled up in the corner, whimpering into her own knees. Tea quietly sat down in front of the cage, looking at the sad girl for a moment. Softly, he began to hum a little lullaby that he learned even before he had even seen The Oasis. About halfway through the song, she started to lift her head.

"T-Tea?" She said as she wiped a few tears from her eyes. Tea smiled softly and nodded.

"Are you alright, Saph?" Tea said in a tone that was even softer than his already soft voice. She quickly hurried over to the bars of the cage, through a puddle of water which, as Tea could see, was caused by a tipped -over water dish. That was Sapphire's problem. She was a nice mouse, but she was about as graceful as a one-footed elephant.

"What are you doing here? Where have you been?" she asked with excitement and a small bit of anger.

"Well, you know how Master Jagger was talking to us about escaping?" Tea did his best not to look her in the eye.

"It... worked?" Tea nodded slowly with his ears flattened. "But... but I thought you were going to take me along!"

"He was worried you wouldn't be able to keep up. He told me to leave with him without telling you. I'm sorry. I tried to get him to change his mind." He could tell that tears were forming in her eyes again without even looking at them.

"So you left me alone this whole time while you relaxed in your freedom?"

Tea quickly shook his head. "No Saph, it wasn't like that at all. I never left the desert. There was less to eat than there is here and I slept in a hole that was worse than a T-class cage. You would have hated it."

"But I've hated it here without you. I've been getting into so much trouble."

"I know..." Tea looked at her collar with guilt. She was a C-class when he left, but an H-class now. Like Fore, Tea took a lot of punishment for her, but unlike Fore, she never did anything wrong on purpose. Without Tea there, she didn't have anyone to cover for her mistakes.

"Are you here for good now?" She pressed her muzzle through the bars of her cage. Tea reached up and scritched under her chin gently with a nod.

"Yes, I'm not going anywhere." Tea wasn't sure that was the truth, but he knew that was what Sapphire needed to hear. She smiled with a relieved sigh.

"I'm glad you're back. Maybe I can get promoted now."

Tea giggled, trying to lighten the mood. "Maybe? I guarantee it! You'll be back to C-class in no time. Just try to be careful and I'll keep an eye on you in case you need me."

This time, Sapphire giggled. "You'll keep an eye on me and everyone else in The Oasis. You're a hero!"

Tea blushed at the compliment. "What did I tell you about calling me that? Besides, a guard might hear you and I don't want them to stop believing me." In a way, it was true though. Whenever Tea saw someone in trouble that was less used to getting punished than him, he'd find a way to take the blame for it.

"Sorry..." Sapphire said in a whisper.

Tea looked down at the empty water bowl on her floor. "How did that happen, by the way?"

"I tripped over it." She blushed as she always did when she admitted to a mistake. "I'm thirsty, but I don't think anyone will notice until my wandering time, and that's not for a few hours, I think." She could tell that the moment she said that, Tea was thinking up a plan.

"Okay, throw the bowl against the bars as hard as you can, then curl up in the corner." Sapphire blinked at the odd request, but over the years, she learned to trust Tea's plans, no matter how crazy.

"Since I'm sure you won't stick around after this one, I guess now's the time to say goodbye." Tea nodded gently with a smile, going a little closer to the bars of her cage. Gently she caressed his face, saying "Thank you", "Goodbye", and "You're forgiven" all without words. She then pulled back and picked up the metal bowl. As she prepared to throw it, Tea took a deep breath. Then, with all her might, she tossed the bowl at the bars, causing a loud metal-on-metal clang to ring out through the rest of the room.

"How dare you talk to me like that?!" Tea shouted at the top of his lungs as she curled up again in her corner. "You stupid worthless H-class! I'll kill you if I get the chance, you hear me?!" Within seconds, two guards rushed to the scene, one of them seizing Tea's arms and pulling him away from the cage. He thrashed about in the strong grip, growling like a maniac as he was pulled away. Eventually, he settled down, keeping his ears perked up as he was lead back to his cage.

"My goodness, are you alright? There's water everywhere. Here, you may have an extra wandering time while I get someone to clean this up." Tea smirked as he heard the words of the guard in the distance, followed by Sapphire's quivering voice.

"Th-thank you, Master... I'm alright."

Tea lied down after being thrown in his cage, rubbing his sore throat. He wasn't used to yelling that much; most of his tricks were much quieter. A little later, Sapphire came by Tea's cage when she was sure neither of the two guards from before would notice her.

"I wanted to say thanks for helping me again back there, and I thought that you might not have anything since you got back, so here..." She pushed a little fox plush doll through the bars, which Tea quickly caught. It looked a lot like him, complete with the right fur markings and big ears. "A Master gave it to me as a gift and I kept it so I could give it to you." Tea smiled and hugged the little toy to his chest.

"Thanks, Saph! I needed something to pass the time with in here." He kissed the top of his gift's head, wagging his tail happily. To someone else, it would have probably looked like Tea was forcing a big reaction, but the truth was, he really was excited to have a possession of any kind.

"I better get going. I need to stretch out a little." She giggled lightly. "And Fore is still being nice to me, so don't worry." Tea nodded and held her paw in his through the bars for a moment, then let go.

"Alright, I'll see you later Saph. Let me know if you need me." Tea went over to his bed as Sapphire walked away. With his new possession still clutched to his chest, he settled down for a little nap.

About an hour later, he was awakened by a guard tapping the bars of his cage with his boot. Quickly, he put his plushy away in his possession compartment before the door was opened and he was commanded to crawl out. A leash was put on his neck and his wrists were cuffed behind his back.

"C'mon fennec, time to go see about your punishment." Silently, he stepped out in front of the guard and the two started walking out into the hall. He cringed as the light of the hall hit his eyes, which was much brighter than the light in his slave room.

It wasn't a long walk from the slave's wing of The Oasis to the punishment wing, so soon Tea was lead through a door, into a library-like room, where he was left standing in front of a large desk with two lions and a tiger sitting behind it. It was a place he was used to standing, so he knew it was best just to stay quiet and let his owners talk. Arguing was just a way to get more punishment.

"J-class slave, name 'Tea'. Pending punishment on the following crimes." The guard took a clip board out from under his shoulder. "Three months of assisted escape from Oasis Clan territories, one count of damaging another slave's belongings, and one count of threatening the same slave." The tiger flipped through the pages of a giant tome.

"Ah yes, you've had quite a history with us. You've already been demoted, I see, so that just leaves us to plan out your dungeon time."

"For that long amount of time and escape, I think dungeon seven will do the trick." A lion spoke up. "Eight hours restrained, with four one hour punishment sessions every two hours. Agreed?"

"Agreed."

"Agreed." The tiger continued. "As for the damage and threats, let's keep him in a waiting cage for two hours before and after his punishment without food. I trust you have no objections?"

"No, Masters." Tea said with is head lowered. He had expected something even worse, although dungeon seven was no walk in the park. The Oasis had ten dungeons, each one crueler than the last. In fact, dungeon ten was more of an execution site than a dungeon.

"We would be more harsh on such crimes, but most of the blame for the recent escapes was taken by the lion who helped you, so we're being lenient. Technically, you should be a much lower rank right now, but we understand how such a man can have a lot of influence over a slave. Just remember that future attempts won't be taken so lightly."

"Yes Master, I will."

"Good. Now take him to dungeon seven." The tiger held out a piece of paper to the guard, who took it and added it to his clipboard before leading Tea back out by his leash.

The dungeons were just outside of the punishment office, and before long, Tea found himself in the dark dampness of dungeon seven. It was a large area, entirely made of stone, lit just as dimly than the slave rooms. Inside were countless instruments of restraint and torture. Everything was ran by at least one "Punisher"; a feline who was in charge of giving the appropriate discipline to every slave who required it. Most of the punishers considered it more fun than work, since they were usually allowed to do as they wished with every slave that came into the dungeons. The only restrictions were in the dungeons themselves. Obviously, dungeon seven had a lot more cruel devices than dungeons before it.

Tea was lead through the room, hearing the screams and groans of those already being punished. Eventually, he stopped at a long row of metal cages, many of which held waiting slaves inside. On top of each occupied cage, there was a clip board with the information for what the slave deserved. The tops of the cages were made of solid metal so that no one on the inside could reach them. His wrists were then finally released and his leash was taken off, leaving him to crawl into his small waiting cage. He went on his own power, since he knew that being forced usually ended up in at least one cut or bruise. The guard placed his clipboard on top of the cage and walked away without a word.

With a little sigh, he settled down on all fours, which was really the only position the tiny cage would allow. His ears stayed perked as he heard the usual whimpers and groans of other slaves, a sound that bothered him more than the idea of being punished, himself. As usual, there was plenty of punishing to be done. There were few truly obedient slaves and punishment was always the answer for any little problem in The Oasis. But, it was the whimpering in the cage next to Tea that caught his attention. It sounded so familiar.

Tea turned to find the dark image of another fennec fox, a female one, about his age, though a few inches shorter. Tea cleared his throat to see if he could get her attention.

"Huh?" The girl quickly stopped whimpering and turned to look at Tea. "Wh-who are you?" She got closer to the side of her cage, which was only an inch away from the side of Tea's, trying to get a better view of him. She then formed a tiny smile. "Hey, I know you. I've seen you walking in the hall before. There aren't many other fennecs here, you know."

Tea smiled and nodded in agreement. "I know, that's why I wanted to talk to you."

The fennec girl looked downward again, sadly. "Well, I'm afraid there will be one less soon."

Tea tilted his head. "What do you mean?"

"I'm being sent to the feeding pits. I'm not sure what those are, but I'm sure I'm not coming out again," she said, still looking at the floor. Tea knew good and well what the feeding pits were. They were well-like passages from dungeons seven, eight, nine, and ten that lead to a large room even further into the ground where multiple kinds of insatiable monsters dwelled. A trip there was quickly fatal, if the victim was lucky. Tea remembered the thief that he heard was thrown in. They were usually used on unruly victims that punishers didn't want to deal with, which made him wonder why they were sending a little fennec girl in.

"Well don't worry. You'll be back in your soul sphere before long."

"I didn't even know what those were until two days ago and they still haven't made mine. I've only been here a week."

"A week? And you're already being punished?" Tea couldn't believe that someone would be taken from initiate status so quickly, then sentenced to such a harsh punishment without even having a soul sphere.

"I was promoted quickly for obedience, but then some vixen I was working with in the kitchen took a knife and stabbed some guard in the back of the leg. It all happened so fast, but the next thing I knew, I was holding a bloody knife and being grabbed by about four guards and well... you can see the rest. The guard who was stabbed told everyone that I had a soul sphere already so they wouldn't spare me the harshest punishment. I think his name was..."

"Lars?"

"Yes, how did you know?"

Tea tried to hide the fact that his blood was boiling. This was just one more reason for Tea to hate Lars, the cruelest guard in all of The Oasis. "He's gotten me into more trouble than I've deserved, too, but nothing like this. Let's just say that I'm not surprised someone stabbed him."

"Great," the fennec said as she rested herself against the opposite side of her cage. "Mother always said not to let them dig too far into Oasis territory. Now I'm going to die because of some stupid guard. Tee the fennec fox, gone without a trace."

Tea perked his ears quickly. "What did you say?"

"I'm going to die because of..."

"No, no, you're name."

"Oh, it's Tee. Why?"

"How do you spell it?"

"T-E-E. Why?" She got up to the side of the cage closer to Tea again as he chuckled.

"My name's Tea, too. Well, with an 'A' at the end, like the drink." Tea couldn't help but giggle at the coincidence. To add to it, Tea noticed that Tee was dressed as a J-class slave as well.

For obvious reasons, Tee wasn't so amused. "Well, I'm glad I got to see one more friendly face before I died."

Tea flicked his ears, far too lightheartedly for the situation. "Oh, you're not going to die. I am, and I'm coming back." Tea started pushing his arm through the tight bars at the front of the cage.

"What? What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm picking a lock." He made sure all the punishers were busy before he extended one of his sharp claws and started to wiggle it around in the keyhole. His perfectly shaped claws were a gift that he rarely used. He knew if he was caught, he might be de-clawed like low-ranking and dangerous slaves. Before long, he had his door opened and crawled out with silent speed.

Tee was smart enough not to make any noise, even though she didn't want Tea to put himself in that much danger. Tea quickly pulled the clipboard off from on top of his cage and scratched off a little spot of paper that held the "A" in his name. He then picked up Tee's and did the same to the second "E" in her name. He paused a moment, looking in disgust as he noticed that Lars got her demoted from D-class to J-class. With the two little scraps of paper in his paw, he switched the two clipboards and slipped back into his cage, shutting and locking the door just as a punisher walked by. Tee waited a moment before speaking.

"What did you do?"

"I switched our punishments," Tea said cheerfully. "I'm afraid my punishment wasn't very gentle either, but you'll survive." He took the two tiny scraps of paper and popped them into his mouth, swallowing them down as if they were edible.

"But... why?"

"Simple. I have a soul sphere and you don't. By the time they find out that they made a mistake, and I almost promise you they won't, your sphere will be ready."

"But what about you? You'll be killed!" Tea chuckled and shook his head.

"No, you'd be killed, I'll be punished. Don't worry about it, I take punishment for others all the time. I think I'm a bit more used to it than most of the slaves here."

Tee was finally starting to see how big of a favor she was getting. "So I'm... going to live?" The building excitement made her speak more loudly than she intended.

Tea nodded with a smile. "Just promise me that you'll visit my cage on your next wandering time."

Tee wagged her tail excitedly with a vigorous nod. It was clear that if there weren't two cage walls between them, she'd squeeze Tea until he couldn't breathe. "Of course I will! I can't believe that..." She was silenced as a punisher came to her cage and picked up her clipboard. It was a large lion, clad in black leather with studs covering most of it. One of the few parts of him that wasn't covered was his groin, which looked like a weapon itself, next to the whips rolled up at his waist.

"Hey, someone ripped this thing. What's your name, Slave?" the punisher asked in a gruff voice.

"Tee, sir." Tee replied softly. The punisher seemed uninterested and just got to taking the fennec girl out of her cage. Tee went willingly after showing one last thankful glance towards Tea. He only saw her lower half as she was leashed and dragged out of his sight, leaving him between two empty cages.

With a little sigh, he settled himself down as comfortably as possible, waiting for the time to pass by. "Well, at least that one was my type." He giggled to himself and tried to see if he could have a little nap in spite of all the sounds in the dungeon.

"Hey, wake up!" Tea woke to find a punisher outside of his cage, pulling him out by the collar before he even knew what was going on. A short chain was attached to his collar after he was pulled roughly to his feet. He was lead to the back of the dungeon, through a large wooden door to a room that held chains all over the walls and nothing more than a large hole in the floor.

Tea knew that there was no such thing as a gentle punisher, not in a dungeon higher than number three at least, so he expected the usual roughness of the one that held him. His arms were cuffed behind him quickly just before the punisher grabbed him by the scruff of the neck. His other paw went between his legs and gripped the fennec's balls tightly, lifting him up by those two parts. Tea barely had time to yelp with the pain before he was thrown head-first into the pit. Lucky for him, the walls of the pit were heavily padded, so he harmlessly bounced off of them twice before reaching the bottom of his fall..

With little more than a grunt, Tea landed at the bottom of the pit, which was even more heavily padded to break his fall. He found himself in a giant room, so dimly lit that he could barely make out where the walls were. It was a place that he hadn't been to very often before, and he certainly wasn't happy to be back. There were few options in the terrifying room. He could hold still and wait for some horrible monster to find him or he could walk around where one of the dwelling fiends would certainly snatch him in a second. Taking a few lashes on the back for someone was one thing, but it was times like these that Tea wished he hadn't been so helpful.

Just then, a figure leaped out in front of him. It was a giant shadow-covered beast, at least ten feet tall, growling as he examined his prey. Tea was petrified with fear, only able to see the monster's glowing red eyes and the glint of his long fangs. As the creature drew near him, he closed his eyes and tensed his body up, knowing there was little he could do now. He sat quivering in anticipation of claws and fangs ripping into his defenseless body. But they did not come...

A hideous scream came from the monster as it grabbed at it's face. Tea opened his eyes quickly to see what had happened and saw an arrow lodged inside one of its eyes. Before he could even find out what had happened, a swift and silent figure dashed through, grabbing Tea under his arm before darting off quietly through the dim light. Most people would have little worry of being encumbered with such a light fennec, but this figure, it dashed through the darkness like it was carrying a feather. He wasn't even that much larger than the average fur.

In what seemed like three seconds after the monster was wounded, Tea found himself on a straw mat, adjusting to the bright lights that filled the area he was in. The first thing he noticed was the figure that had taken him, barricading a door with a large piece of wood. It appeared to be a male red fox, a few feet taller than Tea's four-foot tall body, dressed in a tattered red robe with the hood over his head and holding a bow.

Tea glanced around the room. It looked like it might have been a storage closet at one time, but whoever this man was, had turned it into a home, albeit of the worst quality. The straw that Tea was lying on was his bed and a small table nearby held what could be considered food, though Tea didn't want to think about where it might have come from. The walls held empty pegs, one of which the fox was hanging his bow up on and another of which held a quiver of crude arrows. Strangely out of place, the only other thing Tea could see was a small wooden box, beautifully crafted, like the treasures of The Oasis (which Tea only saw when he was causing trouble).

"Well, what do we have here?" the fox finally spoke, turning to Tea and lifting his hood away from his face. Much to Tea's relief, he looked much more like a friend than a foe. The chest of his robe opened slightly as the hood fell back, revealing a gold necklace, holding a pendant in the shape of a four-legged fox, poised for battle. "Are you injured?"

"No sir..." Tea edged backwards nervously, unsure of what to make of the new face. It was somewhat hard to move with his paws still restrained in his cuffs.

"Good," the fox said as he came closer to Tea, kneeling next to the bed and looking at him closely. "Ah, a fennec fox. You know, there's a tale that says if you cut off the ears of a fennec, they make a good luck charm." Tea edged backwards much more quickly at those words, much to the fox's amusement. "I'm just kidding. I'd never hurt a slave. What were your crimes anyways? You don't look like you could do anything serious enough to be thrown down here."

Tea was skeptical of the fox, so he made sure to stick with his lie of why he was here. Even though the man wasn't a feline, he still might have had some connection with The Oasis. "I stabbed a guard on kitchen duty," Tea said, actually making an attempt to sound vicious, so the fox wouldn't try anything.

"Really? Well that explains it then. I guess I should be careful around you. Sorry about this, but..." The fox quickly grabbed Tea's feet, easily overpowering him and cuffing his ankles to match his wrists. Tea gave a little resistance, but the fox was just too fast and too strong. "I have to be careful, you know."

"Who are you anyways?" Tea rested back against a wall, watching the fox as he pulled a bloodstained dagger out from a strap that concealed it around his ankle and hung in on the wall.

"Me? I'm Fox."

"I can see that, but what's your name?"

"Fox."

"No, no, your name."

"Fox."

"Not your species, your name!"

"Hmph, you'd think you could hear better with those ears." The fox came in close to Tea and smiled. "Now listen closely. My name is Fox. F-O-X, Fox. Got it?" Tea stared blankly for a moment. "Well, what's your name, fennec?"

"Um... Tea, sir."

"Teaser? That's a strange name."

"No, just Tea, sir."

"Tea? That's an even stranger name. Tea... Tea... it kind of fits though. I'll bet people try to drink you all the time." Fox chuckled, although Tea couldn't help but roll his eyes at the joke he had heard so many times before.

"Well it's not my real name. I don't even know my real name. I just used to have a master who gave me some tea to drink when I was little. I liked it so much that he started calling me that and since I forgot my real name, I decided to use that one." Tea's heart sank as he told the story. It was Jagger who had given him that name and Tea still hadn't seen him since he escaped.

"I see. Well, I'm afraid I don't have any tea to offer you down here. I've been living on muddy water and whatever meat I can get from those beasts out there for what must have been months now." Fox sat down in a more comfortable position next to Tea, feeling safe around him since he was restrained. Tea couldn't figure out why, but he felt strangely safe around him as well. Then again, anything was more comforting than the monster he had seen before.

"Why are you down here anyways?" Tea glanced over again at the box in the corner of the room. "And what's that box?"

"Well..." Fox turned to Tea, seeming to try to tell if the fennec was trustworthy or not by looking at his face. "If you stabbed a guard, you must hate them as much as I do. If I tell you who I am, you have to promise me that you'll never even let out the slightest hint that you know where I am, or even that I'm alive, you got that?" Curiosity always got the best of Tea, so he was quick to promise.

"I won't tell a soul, Master, I promise."

"Well don't call me Master," Fox chuckled. "I don't own you at all. In fact, I guess these really aren't necessary." He reached behind Tea and released his wrists, allowing him to do the same to his ankles.

"Sorry, force of habit." Tea watched Fox as he walked over to his box and picked it up, bringing it over to Tea and opening it up, revealing it's contents. Inside was a small collection of coins and jewelry, all pure gold.

"Is this enough of a hint?" Fox shut the box again before Tea's fingers reached it, obviously protective of his possession.

"You're... you're the thief! From four months ago!"

"Oh, I'm that famous now, huh? Too bad they don't call me by my proper title, gold thief." Fox smirked. Tea suddenly lunged forward, wrapping his arms tightly around Fox, in spite of how dirty his fur was. Fox made a startled jump, not settling down until he realized that the fennec was hugging him.

"Ha! I thought you were dead! They said you were executed."

Fox blinked as he looked down at the affectionate little fennec clinging to his torso. "Well... I'm not... What are you so happy about?"

"You're a hero to anyone who ever had to deal with Master Lars! He was the guard you stabbed while you were running with what you stole."

"Oh yeah, I remember that guy; a face like a train wreck, right? He got in my way so I killed him." Fox chuckled lightly, rubbing between Tea's ears. "It was a good choice, I'm guessing?"

"Well... he didn't really die." Tea pulled away finally and sat down on the straw again.

"Right, I guess he wouldn't. Those soul sphere things, right?"

Tea nodded. "So what happened? How are you still alive?"

"Well, I guess I should start from the beginning. Get comfortable little foxy and I'll tell you my story." Tea suddenly realized that the room was rather cold, so he leaned against Fox's side, nuzzling against him for warmth. Fox chuckled and put an arm around the little fennec, amazed by how affectionate he was being. "I'm not from here. I live far to the southwest, where there are lots of trees and water. The only sand we ever saw was on the beach. I was a goldsmith in my village until I turned twenty. I've always had a passion for gold, you know, finding it, crafting it, holding it, but eventually a passion for travel became stronger. My friends and family were sad to see me go, but I always promised to return.

"I set out towards the North as a traveling merchant, selling and trading my jewelry as I could. I stopped in another village for about a year, where I ran a successful street-shop and met a bull who taught me how to defend myself against thieves and such. I was soon skilled in swordsmanship and archery. It was then that I crafted my most prized possession, a sword with a golden hilt, which I wore on my back at all times, along with my bow and a hidden dagger." Fox motioned towards the wall that held those two objects.

"But that's when everything went wrong. I was foolish enough to leave my supplies unguarded one night. Everything I had was stolen except for my weapons and the robe I'm wearing now. I was forced to use my skills in a different way. Instead of defending myself against thieves, I became one. Unlike most thieves though, I always tried to steal from those who deserved it, like cruel leaders or other thieves. Then I heard about The Oasis.

"'The richest and cruelest slave-owning clan in all the lands,' some mole told me. 'Steal from them and you'll never have to steal again.' What he didn't tell me was how tight the security here was. So I traveled here and got as much as I could, but I didn't make it out. They stopped me and took my sword to keep for themselves. They tried to make me a slave, but after seriously wounding eight guards and killing two, I was deemed too dangerous and taken to be executed in the feeding pits. I struggled too much to give them a chance to disarm me or take away a share of the gold I had stolen, so they threw me down here with what I have now. I was lucky enough to find this room after fighting off a few of the nasty things that live here, and that's where I've stayed ever since.

"Every once in a while, I rescue a slave such as yourself and hold them here so I have someone to talk to, to keep me sane. I've been learning piece by piece about everything in The Oasis and I've been planning how one day I'm going to get out of here. It's just taking quite a long time. Only a few of the slaves that know I'm here know that I'm the thief though. I'm sure that if some of them did, they'd inform a guard and they'd send an attack force down here to finish me off. And unlike most of the people above here, I don't have a soul sphere."

Tea listened intently to the entire story, amazed at Fox's luck and bravery. He waited to make sure that the tale was over before he spoke.

"What happens to the slaves that you hold in here?"

"I take them to the black plant. Out of all the monsters here, the black plant is the smartest, so I made a deal with it. It was starving because it couldn't move to catch prey, but when it could reach them, it was more powerful than any of the other monsters. In fact, it could eat any of them, as well. I promised that I would help feed it if it was as gentle with its prey as possible and it never ate me. With each meal, it grows stronger and bigger, so soon it will dominate the pit and no slaves will have to die to the more savage creatures. I can't stand seeing you poor things getting hurt."

Tea smiled, still snuggled up tightly against Fox's side. "I know quite a few people who would be happy to hear that. I wish there was something I could do to help you. I don't like seeing other slaves get into trouble either. Most of them don't even deserve their punishment. The only thing I do is take the blame for the ones who can't handle their punishment, since I seem to have an easier time taking it."

"Ah, so you're a masochist?" Fox grinned at the little fennec, who quickly objected with a bright blush.

"Of course not! I'm just more used to it, that's all." Tea could tell Fox didn't believe him.

"Alright, if you say so. So did you even stab that guard in the kitchen?"

"No, a girl without a soul sphere was going to get punished for doing that. She didn't even do it and they were going to kill her, so I had to do something."

Fox placed one of his ragged paws on top of Tea's head and ruffled his headfur gently. "Some of you slaves really are incredible creatures. Not all of them are like you though." Fox chuckled. "Some actually deserve to be thrown down here." Tea looked up at the red fox and smiled. He couldn't explain it, but there was something charming about him, something that showed through his ragged fur and battle-worn paws.

After a small silence, Tea leaned up to lick Fox's cheek, much to both of their surprise. Tea quickly went back to his side, blushing at his sudden show of affection. Fox smiled down at the shy fennec and slowly leaned down to kiss his cheek in return. Tea perked his ears at the feeling and quickly turned his blushing face up towards Fox.

Time seemed to skip itself, as the two quickly found themselves locked in a passionate kiss, with Tea sitting on top of Fox's lap. The entire conversation they were having had been forgotten in the blink of an eye. Tea wasn't an experienced kisser, since that wasn't really a skill that a slave needed, but Fox was more than happy to take control of the little fox's mouth. Soon their tongues were dancing together with their muzzles locking. Somehow, even after four months living in a dungeon, kissing Fox was still better than kissing any lion. Maybe Tea was just distracted by the amount of love that came with the kiss, something he had never truly felt pass through lips from someone who wasn't a slave.

After a small eternity, the kiss broke and the two looked into each other's eyes. Fox raised a paw, gently caressing Tea's cheek, to which he quickly murred and rubbed his face against with a small smile. Fox was left awestruck by the little fennec. Even this little show of affection was the most love that he had felt in months. Once Tea had had enough sitting around, he leaned forward and opened the chest of Fox's robe a bit more, licking around the fur on his chest, being careful not to hit his necklace too much.

"Tea... you don't have to do that... I doubt that tastes good." Fox leaned back slightly, looking down at Tea as he worked. Tea only responded by flicking one of his ears and giving his tail a few wags. To him, the fur's taste didn't matter. He was only interested in making his new friend happy. And once Fox started to relax, Tea's mission was accomplished. His dire situation seemed to fade into the background and all he could think about was the affection of this one little fennec.

With a little encouragement from Tea, Fox slipped his robe off from his shoulders, letting it fall to his waist, leaving his torso bare. Even for someone who hadn't been eating well, Fox still maintained the lithe and strong chest of a master thief, unfortunately one that also carried a few scars. With all the extra room to work with, Tea let his tongue dance over the fur in front of him. It didn't even become a sexual activity... That is, until Tea licked across one of Fox's nipples, causing a little shiver of pleasure to wave through his spine. With a hint of mischief, Tea kept licking the nipples, causing Fox to quiver as the pleasure started to build inside of him.

He did his best to hide it, but it wasn't easy to hide the fact that he was gaining an erection with Tea sitting right on his lap. The second Tea started to feel that, he too became aroused, which, of course, couldn't be hidden at all. It turned out to be for the best though, because the second Fox felt his fennec friend getting turned on as well, his embarrassment vanished. Soon, he was caressing Tea's back and letting out a few gentle moans as he went back and forth between his nipples, licking, sucking, and nibbling each time he stopped on one.

It didn't take much of this treatment for a full tent to form in Fox's robe. It was obvious to Tea that he had a larger endowment than him, but to Tea's delight, it wasn't as large as the average lion, who was far too large to let the fennec be comfortable. Still, it looked like it had a good size to it, not to mention plenty of strength. After all, it was hard enough to lift up some rather thick robes. Tea reached down to untie the sash of the robe, but he was stopped with a finger under his chin, pulling him up to look at Fox.

"Aren't slaves supposed to ask before they do something like that?" Fox smirked. It seemed Tea wasn't the only one with mischief in him. He was more than willing to play along though.

"May I remove your robes, Sir?"

"Sir?"

"May I remove your robes... Master?" Fox tried not to laugh, but having someone call him a master was almost too funny. He only spoke after he had composed himself a bit.

"Yes slave, you may." Tea smiled and flicked his ears before he quickly tugged the sash loose and pulled Fox's robe off of him, letting his nude body just sit on it. He couldn't help but stare at Fox's groin for a little bit. He had seen naked foxes before, but this is the first time he was made to feel submissive to one. He watched as a small bead of pre-cum dribble down the front of the stiff member. His trance was only broken when Fox cleared his throat. He quickly got up and knelt in front of Fox, like he would a normal Master.

"May I pleasure you now, Master?" Tea bit his lip nervously, silently praying that he didn't go too far with this little "game".

"Hold on, this isn't right." Fox sat up slightly, causing Tea to instantly lower his ears, thinking he had indeed gone too far. Fox took the short chain that was still attached to Tea's neck in his paw, then pulled it forward, causing Tea to drop to his paws and knees with his face inches away from Fox's groin. "Now, you may pleasure me."

Tea was stunned. For the first time in his life, he actually felt like following someone's commands out of something other than fear. It didn't take him long to obey, and quickly he started to lick up the underside of Fox's shaft, inhaling his strong scent and drinking down his pre-cum. Fox placed his paw on his thigh with the chain still held tightly inside of it, only giving Tea enough room to work around his crotch. After a few more licks, Tea raised his lips to the tip of the shaft and slowly parted them as he lowered his face, causing Fox to moan softly from the warm pleasure.

Tea had been trained plenty and in some very harsh ways for this situation, so even though he was small, he was able to get all of Fox's shaft inside of his mouth and deep into his throat, much to the larger fox's surprise and pleasure. He held himself there for a moment, letting pre flow directly down his throat, before he started to thrust his face up and down, licking wildly inside his mouth and keeping his lips tight, like he had been trained.

Meanwhile, Fox was brought to a kind of pleasure that he was quickly discovering he loved. It was the sense of power he had over the little fennec, one that he had felt before, but something was new and exciting about this one. He made a moan to encourage the slave fox, while moving his paw to rest on the back of his head, between his large fennec ears.

Tea was also enjoying this much more than he usually did. Somehow the smell, the taste, and the feeling were all so much stronger and more pleasing than he was used to. With the increasing heat of the situation, pre-cum dribbled onto the dusty stone floor between his legs. He couldn't remember the last time he had this much fun sucking on someone.

The two continued like this until both had lost track of the time. Fox had allowed Tea to tease him to the edge of orgasm over and over again, until he finally couldn't take anymore and he pushed Tea's head down roughly, grinding his nose into his pubic fur. With a moan that was nearly a howl, extremely thick bursts of cum flowed down Tea's throat. Before his orgasm was over, Fox moved his paw away from Tea's head, allowing him to pull off enough to gather some of the seed inside his mouth. Tea savored the flavor on his tongue for as long as he could until he finally swallowed it with the rest. Lead by his chain, Tea slowly pulled his face away from Fox's groin, panting through little murrs of delight. Fox then guided him over to the straw bed, easing him onto his back.

"You're not the only one who was thirsty, you know." Fox carefully crawled on top of Tea, holding himself over him in a dominant, yet loving way. "Put your paws up near your collar."

"Yes, Master." Tea was more than happy to obey at this point, quickly putting his paws where he was asked to. Fox hooked each of the cuffs onto the sides of his collar and started to move downward. He then hooked both of the fennec's ankle cuffs together and slowly lifted them up until they were almost pointing straight up, exposing his firm little rump.

"But first, I want to test something," Fox said as he reached around to wipe off some of Tea's pre with his finger. He then raised his free paw while the other kept his legs held up high and brought it down roughly on Tea's rump with a loud slap. Tea yelped loudly in surprise, but before he could react any more, another slap struck his cheeks, and another. The spanking continued for seven more strikes, when Fox stopped abruptly. After Tea was sure it was all over he spoke up through a voice that was still panting.

"What was that for?" Fox unhooked Tea's ankle cuffs and pulled his legs apart slightly.

"This," Fox said as he slowly reached down to Tea's stiff erection and moved his finger around the small puddle of pre-cum that had formed on his fur during the spanking. Fox smirked as the fennec noticed it with a bright blush. "Masochist."

"That was just..." Tea was quickly silenced as Fox dropped his feet and leaned forward, quickly popping two of his fingers into the blushing fennec's mouth.

"Hush. You were a good boy." Fox held his smirk. "And masochists are more fun, anyways. Now suck on my fingers and I'll give you a reward."

Tea flattened his ears with embarrassment, but then again, it was somehow fun to be teased and humiliated by such a friendly fox. Obedient as ever, he started to lick and suck the two fingers inside his mouth, a feeling which Fox seemed to love, as he quickly closed his eyes and began to murr. He then used his free paw to pinch at the fennec's nipples, purposefully being a little rough to toy with the masochistic side he was so sure Tea had. The pinches caused him to tense up a little, biting at Fox's fingers accidentally, but harmlessly, something that the dominant fox also seemed to enjoy. By the time he pulled them out, Tea could see that Fox's cock had grown to a full erection once again.

"I know how well you pets are trained and I want to see how hard and fast you can cum for me, okay?" Fox moved around to Tea's right side, looking directly at his member, throbbing with need.

"Yes Master." Every time Tea said that, a little tingle went through Fox's spine.

"Good boy." And every time Fox said that, the same happened to Tea.

Tea had indeed been trained (and even put on a diet) to achieve orgasms fast and in large amounts on command, so he was already preparing himself. With everything that had happened to that point, he knew it wouldn't take long.

Fox grasped Tea's hips and gently turned them slightly away from him, giving him enough room to move his wet fingers under Tea's rump. He then wasted no time in pushing both fingers into the tight and tiny orifice, causing Tea to make a little groan. He then leaned over the raised hip to place his lips over Tea's shaft. Fox took full advantage of the fact that he was a larger fox and Tea had a smaller cock, allowing him to take the entire thing into his mouth in the blink of an eye.

Tea had never felt anyone who wasn't a slave do such a good job before. Fox's fingers hit all the right spots inside him, and his strong mouth pleasured him with the perfect mix of strong suction and wild licking. Within seconds, Tea was making a loud moan as his seed flooded into Fox's mouth. There certainly was plenty to drink, much more than Fox had expected from such a little fennec, but he was determined not to miss a drop. It was the best thing Fox had tasted in months, so he made sure to pleasure Tea as long as he could to get as much out of him as possible. He slowed to a stop, but didn't pull away or out of Tea, letting him feel the afterglow in that position. After holding that position for a minute, he finally let go of him, uncuffing his wrists from his neck as well. With a smile, Fox laid himself down next to Tea, holding the slave close to him, almost protectively.

"Good boy."

Tea and Fox woke up almost at the exact same time, neither of them having meant to fall asleep. Tea smiled and made a squeaky yawn, but Fox seemed much less happy. He quickly stood up and grabbed his robe, putting it on hastily.

"You have to go," he said.

"Huh? Why? What's the rush?"

"You have a soul sphere. If they notice that you didn't show up in there, they'll send a search party down here, and then..." Fox moved his thumb over his throat and made a slicing noise. Tea flattened his ears and slowly got up to his feet.

"So I'll have to go to the black plant?" Fox nodded as he attached his dagger to his ankle and got his bow.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine once you get back up there. We couldn't have been sleeping for too long." Tea kept his ears flattened as he stepped up to Fox's side.

"I hope I'll see you again..." Fox paused suddenly and flicked his ears, grinning slightly as he turned to Tea and roughly grabbed his chain, tugging him into a rough and passionate kiss. Caught totally off-guard, Tea could only stand there, stunned, until their lips parted.

"I promise you'll see me again." Fox smiled as he let go of Tea's chain, leaving the fennec blushing as he moved to take the barricade away from the door. "Hold on to the back of my sash and try to stay quiet. I'll go as slow as I can."

Without another word, Tea grabbed the back of Fox's sash and the two of them dashed off into the darkness. Tea was glad he had a guide with him, since he couldn't see a thing, or tell where they were going. Fox on the other hand had not only trained his eyes to see almost perfectly in the dark, but he knew the place like the back of his paw as well. After a long run, Tea bumped into Fox's back as he came to a sudden stop.

"We're here. Hey Blacky!" Tea covered his ears at the loud shout, not expecting that to come from someone who told him to be quiet. Fox saw Tea's reaction and chuckled. "Don't worry, no other monsters come here." Suddenly, a magic orb lit up near the ceiling, illuminating a large hole in the ground. From it, emerged a giant black shape that looked like a flower that hadn't quite bloomed yet, along with countless black tentacles. To Tea's surprise, the massive thing started to talk, like the tip of it was its mouth.

"Ah Fox, good. I was hoping you'd bring something to top my meal off with."

"Meal?" Fox tilted his head. The black plant didn't usually get meals without his help.

"Yes, some shadow ogre with an arrow in its eye. I am guessing that it was yours." A thin tendril extended to Fox, holding an arrow inside of it. Fox took it gratefully, since ammunition was limited for him.

"Thank you. And I brought a fennec fox with me. He's not very big, I'm afraid."

"Ah fennecs. Not to worry, they're delicious. You don't find many plump slaves anyways... He is a slave, right?"

"Yes, and a very nice one at that, so please be gentle with him."

"Did you not say that I could play with my next prey?"

"Hey, I'm sure you played with that ogre, didn't you?" Fox looked at Tea after a moment of silence, then shrugged. "Alright, you can play with him."

"Hey! What does that mean?" Tea looked at the giant plant nervously.

"Don't worry; he won't do anything worse than what I did to you." Fox lowered his voice so he could have a bit more personal of a conversation with Tea. "Just think of this as an order from your new master, okay?" Tea thought about it for a moment before deciding that he liked that idea. After all, he had originally come down here expecting to be torn to shreds.

"Alright, I'll do it for you." Fox smiled and gave Tea a tight hug.

"Good. Well, this is where I say goodbye. I won't forget you Tea."

"I won't forget you either. And thank you." Tea licked Fox's cheek.

"Excuse me..." The plant spoke. "If you two are done, please give me the fennec."

"Just walk towards him," Fox said. Tea turned to respond, but Fox had already vanished into the darkness. Tea made a nervous gulp

"Um... Hi. My name's Tea. You're not going to hurt me are you?" Tea slowly started to walk towards the plant.

"No. Just be obedient like I were a master of yours and I will be sure to remember you when I control the pit."

"Yes Master." Tea bowed his head obediently. Just the thought of having a friend controlling one of the worst punishments in The Oasis was enough to make him compliant.

"Good. Now offer yourself to my nearest stem and we will begin." Tea looked down and saw a large one a few feet away from him. He guessed that he had to offer himself since the plant was obviously blind. With a pinch of curiosity, he crawled over to the vine and moved himself on top of it. With a deep breath, he let his body drop onto it.

The magic orb suddenly went dark and the vine under Tea moved around him quickly to hold his waist. It then quickly lifted him high in the air, although how high, Tea couldn't tell. He was left there dangling for a moment, staying motionless in an attempt to be obedient. He then felt something slimy pressing against his lips, but it had a pleasant smell, like a spice or herb of some kind. He opened his mouth to allow it to press inside. It moved an inch or two inside his lips, then started to squirt some kind of fluid into him, something that tasted a lot like honey. It then pulled out, leaving Tea to taste the substance, swallowing a tiny bit. He then noticed that the substance was getting thicker... and thicker... and thicker still until it was like glue. It covered his vocal cords, tongue, and teeth, becoming completely solid after a few seconds. Tea was left silenced and unable to open his mouth anymore, but luckily still able to breathe.

His body was then lowered down until his feet touched the ground, right on the edge of the hole that the black plant grew out of. The vine around his waist then slowly moved away from him, just as four more thinner ones shot out to wrap around his ankles and wrists. They stretched out his limbs quickly, pulling his arms high above his head and spreading his legs, though his feet were left touching the ground. One more vine wrapped around his tail, tugging it up and making sure it stayed out of the way (even though his outfit did half that job), while one more wrapped around his balls tightly and tugged them downwards with a bit of roughness.

With his body restrained, the plant was ready to play with its prey. Another slimy vine that was far too thick for Tea's tailhole suddenly dove right into him, pressing hard until it had gained entry, coiling its way deep into his tight little insides. Tea could do nothing but cringe helplessly as they had his way with him. An extremely thin tendril then came out towards his groin and aimed itself for his cock, which had already become erect against his will. The thin tube then shoved mercilessly into his urethra, going deep inside him with an odd painful sensation. It then drew itself out again, leaving behind a trail of the same fluid that held his mouth shut, soon forming a solid barrier inside his urethra.

It seemed like torture was the intent of the black plant and Tea could do nothing to stop it. A hollow vine moved towards his cock and enveloped it entirely, giving it a hard and wet stroking. At the same time, another vine moved up towards his nose, secreting some kind of chemical scent that seemed to trigger Tea's brain to fill with undeniable lust. In addition to that, the vine in his tailhole started to leak out a similar chemical that directly stimulated his sex organs, specifically his prostate. Before long, he was starting to build up an orgasm behind the plug in his urethra, causing every bit of pleasure to become tortuously painful. The pressure inside of him became worse and worse by the second. To make matters worse, the large vine in his rump started to thrust roughly, still spraying more of the fluid inside of him.

He was left like this for what seemed like forever, but was in truth about ten minutes. Still stimulating him, the vines slowly lifted his body up and turned him horizontal, face down. He guessed that he was over the "mouth" of the plant, which soon proved to be true. The vines on his shaft and balls moved away and he was lowered so that his cock entered a place of incredible warmth and tightness. It applied suction to just the right spot, causing the solid rod that held his orgasm back out roughly, allowing all of his stored cum to come flooding out of him, coming faster and in larger amounts than he thought was even possible. The black plant was pleased, it had gotten what he wanted out of torturing the fennec.

The vine in his tailhole secreted a different fluid as it started to pull out along with the one that held his tail. The fluid was the same kind that had been put into his mouth and cock. As it pulled out completely, the fluid hardened, leaving him stretched like the vine was still there. Finally, the plant was ready for its full meal. Tea's arms were moved flat against his sides and his legs were pressed together as he was lifted upside-down. Before he was lowered into the plant's mouth, a vine caressed Tea's face gently as it spoke.

"Thank you for cooperating. I will make your digestion painless." With that said, Tea was lowered head-first into the tight opening that the plant spoke out of. He was barely able to squirm, but he didn't even bother, mostly out of exhaustion. Slowly, he felt his entire body being covered in tightness and heat until all of the tentacles let go of him at once and he felt himself dropped into a large chamber.

He had been digested whole twice before, so he expected something painful to happen, in spite of the plant's words. He tried to move, but found that he was stuck to one of the walls of the "stomach" he was in. He then started to feel other walls moving in on him until the chamber had formed almost exactly to his body, threatening to become smaller at any second and crush his fragile body. Just then, he felt two little tube-like objects enter his nostrils. They forced him to breathe yet another kind of chemical that the black plant could create. Slowly, he fell unconscious, his last memory being the walls starting to become tighter, but he didn't feel a thing.

Soon after, there was a familiar flash inside the soul-sphere chamber.

To be continued.

Love,

Tea