) Leaning into my yoke, causing the bell attached to it to clank dully withevery step I made, I trudged forward with painful slowness. Very shortly, a...I came up to speed, it became easier, and soon I was able to keep moving totheir satisfaction. I heard Bessie leave; from this point the slave tetheredto the cental rotating upright would urge me on with his goad. At this timeI would fall into that unthinking half trance I spent most of my life in, buton this occasion I continued to think about. "Greetings, Star Catcher," I told her. For that is what her name, 'Asuratante', meant. "Are you all right? Would you like to sit?" I asked."Please. I am an old woman now, and must regain my breath," she said as Grace got her stool for her."I am sorry if I caused you discomfort," I told her."No! You must not say that, Great One," she said in a panic. "I should have known and been ready to greet you properly!" Please, Star Catcher. Your greeting was fine. My friends call me Michael. And this is. I told them that they didn’t have to stay and watch if they’d rather not. They both made me very proud when they told me, almost as one, that we were ALL family, even Becky, and if it pleased their Master, they would prefer to stay. I agreed, of course.I also told them that I was very grateful to have them in my life. They both said, “Thank you, Sir.” I told them that they could thank me by cumming for me, but they had to be able to do it only by the very soft touch that they were already. The priest began speaking. “The Divine Mother of Benevolence teaches us many things. One of her teachings is that love knows no bounds. The only restriction upon love that Mara places is that love does no harm. Any others are ones put upon by society, by man or mer. There are accepted societal norms, such as a marriage is between only one pair or couple, for to many people that is all the love they may have.”“It is quite obvious that our Queen has boundless love, for only one with such a love.