. what, Kindred are just damned things?”Natasha shrugged and rubbed her arms. “They think so. They have to serve as God’s monsters, terrorizing ...nd torturing the kine, like wolves to sheep, to scare the herd back into the Shepard’s warm embrace.” She found the imagery disturbing, but powerful. It was no wonder such a message affected her childe. “If they serve, then maybe, some day, they will no longer be damned. Very maybe. The text isn’t specific about redemption at all.”“Brainwashing.” Jessy. "So, switching over to Oscar, what is his status?" Dylan stared at hisphone for a moment, and then answered, "He's just a temporary handy man,to help me get things going here." Mara tried another tack, "okay what'shis story then?" Dylan still baffled as to where this conversation wasgoing. "It's long story with not enough time to tell it, though he's beena real lifesaver." His marital status and is it safe to assume Bethany is single," a nowannoyed Mara. Dylan now understanding. "Okay, now I. "Where shall I start?" I asked."Wherever." She replied, staring at the tv screen as she put her feet up on the sofa."As you wish..." I rolled my eyes and began to clean."Oh, my bitch...!" She beckoned for me in a singsong voice shortly afterwards, I obediently walked over to her, feather duster in one hand."Yes, miss, how may I be of service?" I asked cheerfully."Get me a drink. A glass of Pepsi." She commanded, barely taking her gorgeous green eyes off the television."Right away, miss." I. “So much for mind-numbing,” he thought bitterly and walked over to his desk. As he sat down in front of the computer he glanced at the clock in the bottom corner. “Mom will probably be home soon,” he mused as he opened up a browser and typed in a command to pull up his favorite sports page. Highlights and scores couldn’t keep his mind occupied for long though. He kept seeing Nina’s face in front of him, or hearing her voice in his head. When she had associated their encounter with BDSM he had.