Entr'acte
My little master… I must admit, he is far stronger than what I have given him credit for. Lesser souls would have broken long before now. But he's a determined child, if nothing else, and that is why I have had to torment him so.
Even with all of the torture and pain my little one has suffered, abused and starved and raped during his captivity, forced to summon a demon just to feel safe, he was not badly off. After I pulled him from his personal hell, his life was quite easy. His company was run with help from myself, I handled most of the duties around the manor, I took the brunt of the difficult tasks in his underworld work, and I served his every whim. He had sweets and servants and luxury, everything to be a pampered princeling. He suffered, yes, but a month's time out of thirteen years is not much time at all. He needed to learn what true Hell was like. And what better torment than to be abused and betrayed by myself, the one that he had finally come to trust?
I'm certain he no longer trusts me now, though. The branding iron will have seen to that. But I'm not finished. There is one remaining 'torture', though it's not always interpreted as that. For my traumatized little one, however, it will be the worst thing that could be done to him. And it may be the thing that shatters him, because I will have to be kind, and such kindness will only remind him of the life he no longer has. He will wake in bed, I will soothe his wounds, and then we may continue to play.
I do so look forward to his reaction to the rest of our game.