Chapter 34.
"This morning when I unlocked the door of his cage, he wouldn't come out but begged me to keep him locked up. It's the only place where he knows he's safe, he told me."
The Mentor is silent, waiting for Bobby to uncover what's at the root of his slave's unexpected behavior.
"When he got back home last night after being used by an Asian guy who lives in Santini, it was like he was crushed down to the ground. He crawled over the rocky path even though I told him he could stand and walk on the grass. He kept his face as close to the ground as possible and wouldn't get up on the couch to watch the movie with me even though I told him he could. "Need to be down," he told me, and so he lay there and I rested my feet on him. I felt very powerful with him under my feet.
After the movie was over he crawled to the bathroom and I let him piss in the bowl with his leg raised, nothing new about that, except I didn't even bother to rinse the cage on his dick. Then he crawled right to the cage and I thought it would help, so I locked him in and went to bed. He was quiet for the rest of the night. Almost catatonic, I think. I figured it was for the best."
"And then this morning?" asked the Professor.
"When I opened the cage he started whining. Begged me to keep him locked up. `I'm safe here,' he said."
"Apparently something's been on the boy's mind lately, something you must have missed. Why would he only feel safe when locked into a cage? You need to look carefully at the slave's behavior and figure out why he feels so unsafe? I don't think it really had anything to do with what happened with the Asian Dom, although admittedly that must have been a powerful experience of subjugation for the boy since when he got home he naturally felt that he had to stay a close to the ground as possible.
"However, there is something you did, Bobby, or something you've told the slave, that has made the boy feel so threatened that he preferred being locked up to any kind of freedom. Why is he saying that he can only feel safe locked in his cage?"
"Could it be that he was broken by what happened with that Dom?"
"I don't think so. I suspect the reason had nothing to do with the Dom at all. In fact, I would conjecture that what happened with the Dom broke him, and not in a bad way. The fact that he crawled over rocks and stones without complaint, that he stayed underneath your feet when he could have been comfortable on the couch with you, that he was the one who headed right for the cage when it was time to sleep, says to me that he was pressed deeply into sub space by his encounter with that fellow.
He was broken, but not in a bad way. Did you beat him when you got him home?"
"No, Sir. Not at all. He had marks all over so I decided he'd had enough heavy impact for one night."
"Well thought, Bobby. But what's been going on recently? What caused him to feel he couldn't be safe anywhere except locked into his cage?"
Bobby is quiet for a while. Finally, he gets an idea."he's collared now. Permanently. Now he has to wear it all the time, even at school."
The Professor gets a gleam in his eye. "And? What does that mean? What have you told him about that?"
"Well, I figured that word is getting out about our relationship and now that he's collared, everyone will know what he is—I mean, that he's a slave, and word is certainly getting out that I'm his Master. No great secret about that. It's just that things are a lot more open and obvious now."
"You're on the right track, Bobby. So tell me, what else does it mean? What may you have told him that is making him feel so unsafe?"
All of a sudden the light goes on and flashes above Bobby's head—figuratively.
"Oh fuck! I think I know, Sir."
"What do you know?"
"I told him that he must service anyone on campus who wants him."
The Professor raises his eyebrows. "So that means that in essence, . . . ?"
"In essence he's a slave who must obey every command from every other student with Dom tendencies. " "A slave to the entire campus, you mean?"
"Sure. That's how he must feel."
"And who made him feel that way, Bobby?"
"I did, Sir. Oh shit I can see it now. Sure he'd feel unsafe. Forced to kneel down and service anyone who wants him."
"And so, when the fellow in Santini told you he wanted to work over the slave, you ordered him to report to him. And he was well worked over.
Pressed down more deeply into sub space than ever before. Broken, as you said. This guy he met with must be a real expert at subjugation. I don't want to sound racist, but it's been my experience, Bobby, that Asian Doms are particularly gifted at breaking slaves. And the boy you brought home with you last night had most definitely been broken—and not in a bad way.
I suspect that when you question the boy, you'll discover that he was completely turned on by what happened. He willingly crawled to the cage because for him, after all that had happened, that was the appropriate place for him to be last night. The problem began this morning."
"Sure. I get it! When he woke up this morning he was thinking about how vulnerable he was now. After all, you told him that he had to satisfy anyone who wanted him, correct?"
"Yes, Sir. Shit! Now I see."
"I'm pleased you understand now. Never forget what I've told you: when a slave backs off or runs away or resists the way it's being treated, its' the Master who's failed. Not the slave."
"And I'm the one who's created the situation where he no longer feels safe out on his own."
"Precisely. So what are you going to do about it, Bobby?"
"I've got to step things back. Right away."
"Yes. You owe the boy some tender after-care and time to speak freely about what he's feeling so you can make whatever adjustments are needed to help him feel more secure, to help him feel, as he says, `safe' again. And by the way, I'm just wondering: you haven't left the boy alone at home while locked into the cage? I hope not."
"No, Professor. A friend is there just in case he panics or needs to be released. It's someone he trusts, so there shouldn't be any problem."
"Good. Well, my lad, go back to your boy. Treat him tenderly. Have a good honest chat. I'm sure things will work out, although you might have to be particularly lenient for a while until equilibrium is once again established."
"Yes, Sir. Thank you so much, once again, for helping me learn the ropes."
"that's what I'm here for, Bobby. Please drop me a message soon to let me know how things are working out. If necessary, I'd be willing to meet with the both of you. But let's leave that as a last resort. I think you'll be able to fix things on your own now."
And so, as Bobby drives back home, he forms a plan which he hopes will calm his boy down and help restore his sense of safety.
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Here are the other stories I have posted, with the dates where you can find them:
The first five should be read in order:
The Alex Chronicles 9/25/2022 Sweet Subjugation 1/15/2023 Brandon's Bosses 4/3/2023 Brandon's Brothers 5/19/2023 Total Subjugation 5/25/2023
These stories are stand-alone
Tommy Loves His Sub 8/17/2023 Training Toby 12/31/2023 Breaking Me In (in progress)