[She takes a deep breath, steadying herself. Stern is hardly a word that can be used to describe her.]
I appreciate that. Like, seriously, that means so much. But I've been treated pretty unkindly by plenty of men before. If Elias decides he's changed his mind about me, I think I can face it. Really, I do.
But you could do something before that. Head it off, find someone- there are better men. Or women. Or any sort of person you want here, really. He doesn't deserve someone like you, and he's just using you. He's done it to me and-
[Ginger's quiet for a moment before she responds; this feels incredibly delicate.]
When I say this, like--I don't mean it in a way to diminish whatever happened between the two of you, but...people change. Like, my submissives are the same way. I know now that they're not...I mean, they have pasts that I don't agree with. But that doesn't mean I can just stop caring about them.
[It takes every ounce of Jon's restraint not to shout at her that Elias caused the apocalypse. That he's just enjoying his holiday here before he returns to a broken world where he reigns as sociopathic king.]
He forces his Submissive to wear a collar. [There. That's... that's a present thing he can point to.]
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I appreciate that. Like, seriously, that means so much. But I've been treated pretty unkindly by plenty of men before. If Elias decides he's changed his mind about me, I think I can face it. Really, I do.
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[No. Damn it! No!]
In-in a very different context, but still.
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When I say this, like--I don't mean it in a way to diminish whatever happened between the two of you, but...people change. Like, my submissives are the same way. I know now that they're not...I mean, they have pasts that I don't agree with. But that doesn't mean I can just stop caring about them.
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He forces his Submissive to wear a collar. [There. That's... that's a present thing he can point to.]