I walked over to inspect the new objects and heard Master Damien behind me.


    “Bring me one,” he said quietly.


    I picked one up and took it to Master Damien. He pushed his nket back to expose his genitals and


    pressed his penis into the opening of the gourd. I watched fascinated as he relieved himself in the


    container.


    It was a urinal. I’d seen simr things on Earth when my uncle was in the hospital. Master Damien


    relieved himself and sat the gourd beside him on the ground. I picked it up and took it back over by the


    door.


    ALL the men wanted to use one. I was thrilled they weren’t peeing on themselves and happily brought


    the gourds over to them. I wondered what we would do when they needed to use the facilities the other


    way. That would be much more difficult than delivering a urinal, I feared.


    A thought hit me and I gasped. My plug was still inside of me. I couldn’t wear it all the time and there


    was no one to take care of me.


    While I’d be reacquainted with feeding myself and wiping myself, I’d never touched the plug. It


    was stupid but that just seemed Like something I shouldn’t do. Perhaps I should ask, I thought, but


    who? “Ciara,” Master Damien called, e rest with me.”


    “Yes, Master Damien,” I answered walking up beside him.


    Before I could kneel down, he removed the cuffs from my ankles and tossed them toward the door.


    “Kneel,” hemanded and I obeyed.


    Master Damien removed the chain from my waist and threw it into the fire. My green and gold earrings


    were also removed and tossed away. A hand snaked between my Legs and the plug was gently pulled


    from me.


    I sighed with relief.


    Master Damien petted the mark on my rounded belly for a moment. He didn’t seem to have the energy


    to really worry about it, though. He yawned and settled on his side gesturing me toy in front of him.


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    The mat we were on was narrow, but it wasn’t an unpleasant ce to sleep. The padding was thicker


    than it Looked and the room was warm. I drifted to sleep with Master Damien’s hand cupping my


    swollen stomach.


    I awoke a whileter. Master Bane was restless. Moving over to him I stroked his short beard and down


    his chest to soothe him.


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    “Thirsty,” he said.


    There was a new jug by the door. I got it and helped Master Bane to drink. Everyone else also woke up


    and took a chug of water. Once I was done, Master Bane held his nkets back and invited me onto


    his pallet silently.


    Under the nkets next to Master Bane I curled around his side and stroked his chest. He had what


    appeared to be several stab wounds to the upper stomach. I had wrapped and dressed them before. I


    avoided touching them as Iy with him. He calmed as I stroked him.


    There was no day or night in the room we were in. The torches still Lit the room, but I imagined it was


    night. I slept with each man for a short while until someone else seemed distressed.


    Lastly, I ended up in Master Christof’s bed. I had the strangest dream as Iy there.


    It was pitch dark in my dream and I could hear the men crying out in pain and anger. I stood beside a


    small Kerosene Lantern in the middle of the darkness. My first impulse was to take the light and go find


    them. When I tried to pick it up it would not budge. The message was clear, they had toe here.


    I didn’t like the dark particrly. Things moved and shuffled all around me as I walked away from the


    Light. The ground slithered under my feet and the air seemed to grab at me as I walked through it.


    Somehow I managed to find the men and coaxed them one by one to sit with me in the golden glow. In


    my dream, I was powerful and strong. I picked Master Damien up and carried him with me to the light.


    He kept trying to leave its safe confines.


    “No,” I told him as he tried to move away, “we stay together. It’s safer that way.”