[ The panic with which she started to try kicking up a fuss near his tent told a story of what she thought he was bringing her there for. Plenty of lordlings believed themselves to be the gods' gift, so his promise of further rewards didn't mitigate the possibility. But when he pushed her down not into the tent, but onto a log, she stopped struggling against the rope.
It earned him a few moments of — not trust, not exactly, but patience. Willingness to see where this was going, as he bound her legs and changed her restraints out for something looser, more forgiving.
Rey rubbed at her arms where she could as soon as she had the room to, putting feeling back into them and considering the rope burns that the ordeal had left her with. She wasn't free. Not exactly. But she was in better circumstances than she had been.
He'd be a fool to think for a minute that one moment's restraint from cruelty would make her forget the rest. She grudgingly lifted her head to look at him. Despite the freedom in her hands, she wasn't wiping the dirt and sweat away yet. She'd grown used to it after a lifetime.
And she still didn't want to be chained to a log she couldn't drag. ]
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It earned him a few moments of — not trust, not exactly, but patience. Willingness to see where this was going, as he bound her legs and changed her restraints out for something looser, more forgiving.
Rey rubbed at her arms where she could as soon as she had the room to, putting feeling back into them and considering the rope burns that the ordeal had left her with. She wasn't free. Not exactly. But she was in better circumstances than she had been.
He'd be a fool to think for a minute that one moment's restraint from cruelty would make her forget the rest. She grudgingly lifted her head to look at him. Despite the freedom in her hands, she wasn't wiping the dirt and sweat away yet. She'd grown used to it after a lifetime.
And she still didn't want to be chained to a log she couldn't drag. ]
I need to piss.