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Teacher's Pet Project Insert 1: The Tanuki's Breakthrough

Alexander lays in the elegant bed of his new magical mentor as the strokes the fox's chest and belly with his meaty arm. He's still groggy from the night of three-way passion he had shared with the elder canid and the draft horse, who is busy in the next room preparing for the boy's approaching procedure. He has so many questions to ask the man next to him. Questions about the relationship between magical energy and sex, his classes, his benefits as a student, and his new life with the elder mage. While he sorts out his thoughts, he lays on the bed in silence, doing what feels natural.

The slender vulpine, whose neck is on the younger mage's arm, reciprocates the action on the plump belly of the tanuki lying beside him. His concentration is split between soothing the boy's dreams with tender, warm touches and working the fiery forge in the next room. All the while, he keeps his magical senses trained on the teen, looking for any shifts in the puppeteer's emotions. SilverrFox has great concern for the kit, but he refuses to let it be known to the boy; the early stages of the puppeteer's recovery therapy depend on him seeing the elder mage as a strict decision maker in his life. Even now, as he gently strokes the boy's stomach fur, he keeps his stern demeanor.

After about an hour of silence, the geomancer is the first to speak, keeping his firm tone. "I know you have a lot of questions." As he continues to talk, his paw retains the same steady motion on the teen's body. Now that we have a few quiet hours before we replaced your prosthetic arm, you may wish to ask them. We've been quite busy with everything going on since you woke up after our battle. The procedure will likely have you recovering for the rest of the night and most of the day tomorrow, so this will be your last chance for a while to unload some of the things on your mind. I am glad to respond to any questions, provided I see them fit to answer."

The plump canid thinks for a moment, being sure to still reciprocate the fox's gentle rubs. He takes a deep, calming breath as the elder mage waits patiently.

"Well," the tanuki begins, "I guess my first thoughts are about my school life under your...tutelage. Today's Tuesday, and I missed all my classes yesterday. I'm going to miss today's sessions, as well as tomorrow's lessons because of the procedure. Master Mage, when will I be allowed to start attending my classes?"

From the sound of Alexander's voice, the older male can tell that the pup is genuinely concerned about his classes. After all, the boy's grades and willingness to learn are not why he ended up in recovery therapy in the first place.

SilverrFox, not betraying his stoic manner, promptly answers the question. "You shall return to your classes when you learn to respect your teachers and fellow students. There is no doubt to your intellectual merits as a student; however, your social qualities are much less noteworthy. After I feel you have reached a certain level of social skill, I will consider letting you go to your classes."

The young mage listened to every word from the older mage silently. He replies with a note of relief in his voice, "Good. That's one worry off my mind."

"Now you may unload your others." The mage's voice, while prompt, was not unkind.

"Well...Master Mage..." the boy began unsure to approach his next subject. "What about my benefits as an A ranked student?"

"Your stipend, along with your personal student account, is now in my hands. The money will still be deposited, but you don't have direct access to it. In order to purchase anything, you must go through me. As for your workshop space, the keys have been retrieved from your dorm room and are now in my possession. I also have your dorm keys. To get into either space, I or someone I designate must chaperone you.

"I shall also take this moment to tell you that you are residing with me from now on. Your summoning cards, prosthetic, and clothes are locked up in a safe, which is protected by a spell to powerful for even S ranked students to break. I will retrieve what you need when we train and go out in the public."

Sensing nervous energy in the kit, the vulpine turns on his side to face the boy, nestles closer, and lays his head on the tanuki's chest, continuing to stroke the bigger canid.

The puppeteer freezes momentarily to allow the elder caster to settle on his moob. He runs his paw over the jet fox's arm and shoulder. After SilverrFox settles, the teen asks his next question.

"And this device?" Alexander looked to the metal, shape-changing chastity device around his waist. At the moment, the device covers just his privates; however, the boy remembers all the sensations the strange magical item has given him over the last day and a half. It reflects the light of the sun shining through the bed chamber's window.

"You shall wear it for the duration for your therapy. I'm sure you've discerned its purpose."

The younger canid thinks for a moment before declaring, "I don't have any more questions."

Sighing with slight disappointment, the fox sits up and looks down at his new protégé with stern, yet not harsh, eyes. "Alexander, there are things you need to know; things that go much deeper than what you have asked me about. However, I will not tell them to you unless you ask specifically about them. I want you to meditate and think about why you are here and what you need to learn. I will not leave the room; in fact, I will be sitting right here and meditating with you. When something comes to your mind, we will continue our discussion. Do you understand?"

The tanuki gives the fox proper eye contact as he listens to every word from the elder mage's muzzle. He tentatively nods and shyly asks, "Master Mage...is it ok if I lay with my head in your lap?"

The vulpine does not say a word. He repositioned himself at the kit's head and lifted his head. Then, he takes the lotus position and gingerly places the boy's head on his crossed legs, mere inches away from his sheathed foxhood.

***

Appearing to meditate, SilverrFox focuses on the forge in his workroom in order to finish the skeletal frame of the teenager's new arm. With a subtly open eye, he watches the tanuki for any signs of negative energy. To his relief, the youth manages to keep his emotions under control. There are small waves of negative energy, but the boy is focusing on something positive during his meditation.

Coming out of his deep thoughts, the kit breaks the silence. "Master Mage?" The husky canid becomes nervous as his new mentor's eyes open. He takes a deep breath before continuing. "What is the relationship between mana and sexual energy?"

With an almost pleased tone of voice, the older male replies, "In order to grow, be they a mage or not, everyone needs to have close relationships with others. When done for the right reasons, sex is the ultimate form of showing how close you are with another person. Magical energy flows through every fiber, every molecule, and every drop of fluid in a mage's body. And during intimacy, sexual and magical energy are exchanged between all involved. During orgasm, mana is released, along with bodily fluids. Just as those fluids are absorbed by the body, so too is magical energy."

"Is mana exchanged even if there is no actual sex?"

"Intercourse is merely a physical conception of sexual energy. Sensuality in any form--such as intimate touching, kissing, dancing--facilitates the exchange of mana. The more directly physical the act, the more that is exchanged.

"How do I process the mana you and Lucirius have given me?"

Although he doesn't show it the vulpine is glad that the takuni is making his questions more personal. "By meditation, at first. With practice, you will be able to consciously process and integrate the mana and knowledge you gain through sexual energy into your own natural mana. At my level, I can even influence the magical energy inside of others during sex and control what is transferred between me and the other mage and how my seed makes them feel. You have experienced this for yourself."

"Can you see my magical energy?"

"Whenever I wish."

"What exactly does it look like?"

"That is hard to say, Alexander. Everyone sees magic in different forms depending upon their experience, expertise, and skill levels. I can tell you how I myself can see mana. Before I do, I have a question. Do you know how earthquakes occur?"

The young tanuki simply looks up at the fox and shakes his head.

The fox sighs and shakes his head. Continuing in a disapproving voice, "Don't they teach basic earth science anymore, or have you been sleeping through your science classes?"

Alexander blushes and stammers sheepishly, "They do, Master Mage. Teach earth science, that is. I...I guess I didn't understand how important it is."

Speaking as though he were lecturing a class, Silverr continued, "All subjects that are taught here are important, even if they do not directly relate to the control of magic. A general understanding of all knowledge will help you understand yourself and others and the interaction of magic between all people. I shall give you an example that not only proves my point, but also answers your question. It is rare you will experience such economy in a lecture from me, so I suggest you pay close attention."

The boy sits up straight and makes eye contact with the elder fox. "Yes, Sir, I shall. I promise."

Continuing as if the boy had said nothing, Silverr explains further, "The state of your magical energy is best represented as a fractured series of tectonic plates much like the ones we know to be moving about the upper surface of the earth. The analogy is quite accurate." The elder mage smiles, enjoying the chance to expound upon his theory.

"Like the earth's plates, your magical aura is fractured and shifting. Energies collide at these fault lines and become chaotic, and destructive, just like earthquakes that occur where tectonic plates collide. Have you heard of the Ring of Fire?"

Alexander pretends to think about the question, but has no idea other that it is an old Johnny Cash song. He is certain that answer would not please the mage, so he shakes his head. "No, Master Mage."

Silverr scowls, and the pup's ears fold flat against his head in shame. "Private lessons may be in order," he mutters before continuing his lecture.

"The Ring of Fire surrounds the Pacific Ocean. It is a place where many tectonic plates move past each other and collide with each other. Volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis unleash terrible destruction here. You have your own ring of fire encircling your body from head to toe. Your magic is disorganized and clumped into regions that conflict with each other. Where these regions meet, there is disorder, chaos and sometimes violent energy.

"Now here is where the analogy breaks down. The earth benefits greatly from this dynamic activity. It is theorized that without such dynamic stress the earth would be a dead world like Venus or Mars. However, for mages, dynamic stress between the elements of mana can only lead to self-destruction, or worse."

"Worse, Sir?"

"Much worse. A powerful mage whose mana is so arranged, can hurt not only himself but others. The energies released along such magical fault lines within a mage can unconsciously wreak havoc on the outside world. This is why you are here with me. You are rapidly becoming not only a danger to yourself, but to others."

Alexander thought about these last words. Was the mage implying he was a potentially powerful magic user?

As if sensing his thoughts, the elder mage shook his head. "Don't think that you are capable of destroying the world on your own. You have a long way to go before that ever happens. I am here to make sure you never reach that point. You will heal the rifts in your personal mana under my tutelage, or you will...It's best not to dwell on the alternative."

Frightened and disturbed, the pup did want to dwell on the alternative. Sensing the pup's fear and agitation, the elder mage moved to his side and put his arms around the boy's large shoulders. With the physical contact, he worked to smooth the building energy along the kit's mana fault lines. With one paw he lifted the pup's chin so that the end of Alexander's snout was a mere hair's width from his own. Silverr's breath, slowly inhaling and exhaling across the young lad's snout, was intensely relaxing for the boy. No words were exchanged, but the tanuki sensed the loving reassurance from the fox. He gradually slipped back into his meditative state without consciously trying.

***

For well over the next hour, the older canid continues to watch the young puppeteer for any signs of his negative mana arising. After the tanuki slips back into his meditative state, the vulpine lays the kit on his back again. This time the geomancer's arm is under the younger male's neck as he strokes the boy's shoulder with one paw. His spare paw gently caresses the ball joint on the left side of the teen's body, where the new arm will be connected during the upcoming procedure.

The fox notices tears beginning to flow down Alexander's face. Crying during meditation means one of two things: either negative energy is stirring within the boy, or that he is reaching a breakthrough. Upon looking at the boy's ring of fire, the fox sees that one of the faults, located on the teen's inner left leg, begins to smoothen out almost to the point of disappearing completely. The fox moves away from the tubby canid and sits up. He places both hands on the teen's shrinking mana fault and, using his influence, helps the younger mage's mana reorganize itself.

After he finishes his task and the mana in that area is peacefully reconciled, he kneels at the teen's head and begins to softly massage the teen's temples. "Alexander," he began in a gently firm voice, "what is it that you are feeling now?"

"I...I..." The teen, still in his meditative state, tries to fight the tears in order to force out his words.

"Ssshhhh, ssshhhhh." SilverrFox looks down at his new pupil with a mix of concern and authority. "Don't fight or force anything. Let both your words and your feelings flow out from the confines of your body and into the wide, open world."

The trembling tanuki lets what he his feeling go. As the tears begin to run like a torrent from his eyes, he says in a fearful manner, "I don't want to become a danger to everyone else around me....I don't want destroy anything in the world...I don't want to destroy myself..."

The elder mage widens his strokes into circles that cover the area of the tanuki's forehead and meet one another in the middle. "Alexander, you've already taken your first steps off of that path. I know you could feel the mana in part of your body reorganizing and reconciling itself. I can only do so much; I merely helped along with the process that you yourself had already started. In these last two days, you have made the start of a long journey for the betterment of yourself. You have reason to be proud."

***

When Alexander comes out of his trance, he sits up to find that the older mage as attached his prosthetic to his shoulder. The teen feels off, never having been almost two whole days without his prosthetic. It felt weird to have it back on, especially considering that his new arm would be attached to him on the next day.

He turns his attention to the bathroom door, where the fox stands in the doorway. The elder male smiles as he saunters over to the bed and sits beside the teen, nestling against the husky canid and wrapping his arms around the boy's chest

"I'm very proud of you Alexander." The mage's voice held a tone of genuine sentiment. "You've taken your first step to being a true master mage, but there is no time for celebration now. You have work to do."