"I forced you," I say, "and then you ate it. We had met only once before, and you were still too stupid with humanity to recognise me immediately the second time. But matters changed for you after that." It is a fond memory.
"Did it hurt when you burned it?"
"Yes," I say. "Of course it did not have to." I do not have to feel pain in this body, or anything at all. "But it would not have been a sacrifice without it." I kiss his fingertips. "Ask for what you want now, and perhaps I may give you it."
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"I forced you," I say, "and then you ate it. We had met only once before, and you were still too stupid with humanity to recognise me immediately the second time. But matters changed for you after that." It is a fond memory.
"Did it hurt when you burned it?"
"Yes," I say. "Of course it did not have to." I do not have to feel pain in this body, or anything at all. "But it would not have been a sacrifice without it." I kiss his fingertips. "Ask for what you want now, and perhaps I may give you it."