Priest Seto lay in bed, and wondered how his new acquisition was doing. He hadn't seen him since he was first brought before his cousin. But he knew that Joey needed time to learn the rules of his new life. He couldn't just walk around doing anything he wanted anymore. When there was a knock on his door, he told them to enter.
"Hello, cousin!" Atem called from the door. Seto audibly groaned.
"Yes, Atem?" he called. Seto looked up from the papyrus he was reading, and saw his cousin with his faithful slave trailing behind him, eyes downcast. Atem jumped onto the bed, and Yugi knelt at his feet.
"I just wanted to see how you were getting along. Yugi has been teaching Joey some things about the palace, and the rules. From his reports, Joey should be ready in a few days."
When Yugi was talked about, he always blushed, and now was no exception. His entire face was glowing red by the time the Pharaoh was finished.
"I am glad you seem to be worrying about my property instead of yours, and how he looks how he could die from blushing right now." Seto said.
Noticing how Yugi looked, Atem gracefully took his leave and left to go use his slave.
Sometimes I wonder if they know how much they love each other. Seto thought. I cannot wait until I see Joey again. He just hoped that he would not fight much.
When Joey woke from his nightmare filled slumber, Yugi was standing next to him telling him that he needed to wake up.
"I am going to be showing you around the slave parts of the palace, and telling you the general rules you need to survive. Your master can fill you in on those parts. Tomorrow we can go out into the parts of the palace that everyone uses."
Joey sighed and got out of the pile of cloth that he used for a bed.
"Fine. I guess that it won't hurt to learn what not to do." he said.
A little while later, the two were walking through the general slave quarters.
"When you are in somewhere where there are free people, you always keep your eyes downcast. Remember to always do this, because if a mean guard has a grudge, he will use any excuse to be able to punish you." Yugi explained to Joey.
I guess I can handle that. But only when I'm not in the slave areas. Joey thought.
Yugi continued. "If you see your master in the hallways, you must kneel normally, unless he says otherwise. If you see the Pharaoh, then you must kneel with your head resting on the ground. If you are in private with him, I expect that he will not make you do this, but the guards will do something drastic if you don't in public."
That one will be much harder to do.