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Ren glared at Nicholai. "What do you think you were bought for? What any pet is bought for?" he said rhetorically. "Of course you will shower and if I want to watch you then I shall. I'll watch you doing other things too. You will entertain me and you will pleasure me. It's what you're for!" He shut the door on him and marched away. He needed a drink to calm himself down.

Ren made himself a cup of tea with some of his daily rations of water and milk. Then he went and switched on the monitor in his room and turned it to the pet room channel to watch Nicholai for a few moments, just out of prideful stubbornness really. He watched the man lay down on the cot and then started to play with fire, making animal shapes. So he really could make fire, the auctioneer hadn't been lying about that. Then he stopped making animals and made a face and he smiled in such an enigmatic way. Ren sighed. What wouldn't he give to have the man look at him that way instead of with such hatred and vehemence? He pushed away that thought angrily. Of course he didn't care what a pet thought of him! The words hadn't hurt, he didn't care... He turned off the monitor angrily. He sat there thinking for a long moment then he went to his kitchen and used some of his daily rations to get a mug of coffee and a small meal for new pet. He put the coffee and plate of reconstituted food on a tray and took it to him. "I bought you some dinner" he told him. "You're lucky to belong to me. I get the same rations as the council members, double what the Kurai get, so you won't go hungry." He set the tray down.

When he entered and spoke to him, setting down the tray, the guy had suddenly looked away. He could have taken it as either disdain or submission - the former more likely in his case - if he hadn't noticed him rub his eye. Was he actually upset? At least he merely said thank you, had shown him some good manners at last. He sat down on the cot and looked at him. "There are rumours that you were outside" he told him. He was so curious about that. He had never met anyone who had claimed to have been outside before, he wondered what it really was like out there.

Ren leaned back against the wall, folding his arms behind his head. "The High Council say that it's almost certain death to go outside. Others say there are a lot living out there, small communities surviving even. What's it really like?" He had a hundred questions running through his mind - was the sky really blue, had he felt rain, what had he eaten, were there flowers...? He might ask all that, sometime. It was frowned on though, to discuss such things, and he was too high a status to dare consider breaking traditions or rules.

He had run away when he was younger, taken rations with him, never seen any community...so for he knew, he might have been the only person out there. Unlikely though, if it was habitable, survivable. He arched a brow, puzzled for a nanosecond, then gave a wry smile. "You really are telepathic. I didn't believe it, even though I saw you playing with the fire, I didn't really believe it. I'm not sure I like the idea of you in my mind at your whim. I wish I could feel rain." He clammed up quickly then, he should never had said that, it could be considered rebellious to even dream of such a thing as leaving the city. God knows how this Nicholai had managed to get out without detection. "Eat your rations" he said and left again.

Ren went and stood by the window and gazed out at the city. No mossy grass, no colourful flowers, no cerulean skies, just a sea of glass and chrome and white. The kurai in the city all wore the same silver citizen uniform, adding to the mundane drabness. Thank the gods - were there any? - that he had been born who he was, a rare and special person above these others so he could be himself mostly, dress as he pleased, eat his fill, spend his days doing much as he pleased, enjoy the company of a pet. He sighed and closed the white blinds over the window, sighed again. Why, with all he was and all he had, did he feel so malcontent? Patience. He just needed patience. One day he would be on the High Council, one day he would chair the High Council, and then he would happier...right? He needed a distraction, entertainment. He messaged his few friends, an elite circle of Burondai, and told them to come to his apartment in half an hour to see something amazing. He would show off his new pet, they would be in awe and jealous and he would feel some pleasure.
Ren entered Nicholai's room a little while later. He had a find gold chain to attach to his collar. "Come. I have friends who wish to see you." The small party of seven were gathered in Ren's living room awaiting the showing.


(Apologies, Edited)

Ren's eyes narrowed slightly but he spoke calmly. Almost too calmly in a way. "You will do whatever I say. If I tell you to pleasure someone then you will. Your body is not yours, it is mine, to do with as I please" he stated clearly, slowly. "I have shared pets before." He paused, stared at Nicholai for a moment, then shook his head. "I have shared other pets but I have no intention of sharing you. You are far too precious and rare a creature to pass about, you're mine and only mine. If anyone lays a hand on you I will break the fingers on that hand."

Ren was relieved when Nicholai didn't fuss about being shown off as long as he wasn't shared and even came to clip on the fine gold chain without any dissent. The chain would not really restrain anyone, it would snap at the first strong tug, but it was symbolic. He led Nicholai from his room to the lounge, as white and spartan as his bedroom. His seven friends, six males and one female, were seated on the white fake leather couches. Each had fine pale hair, green or blue eyes, and unblemished skin but none was quite as pale as Ren. He strode into the room with a smug smile and bright eyes. "This is Nicholai" he announced proudly. "You may look but you may not touch. Nicholai has some wonderful powers he is going to demonstrate for us." They stared, expressions of either surprise or anticipation on their faces. "Powers, Ren? Honestly, we did not come here for parlour tricks! We are not children!" Ren gave a wry grin. He turned to Nicholai. "Make those fire animals you were doing before." he told him.