Reis wasn't sure exactly how to explain all that Ezra was inquiring about, but his confusion was obvious. He hadn't understood why he'd been burned, and Reis didn't understand fully either. He could guess, but even more, Ezra didn't understand why what Andras had done with touching was wrong. It wasn't until Ezra began<i>demonstrating</i>that the human said anything at all, shifting uncomfortably at the sights that accosted him of his pet stroking himself. Ezra clearly didn't mind Reis watching but it didn't make it appropriate, or right.<br/><br/>“Ezra, you don't have to..” Reis started. “You don't have to show me. I understand.” He took his hand away, to get him to stop and so that he could focus instead on his words. He covered him with the blanket again, not needing such a distraction himself. Ezra was willing, but perhaps for all the wrong reasons.<br/><br/>“You're probably a little bit repressed. Naturally, I imagine you would have already had experiences with others of your kind if your<i>keepers</i>would have allowed it. It probably works in their favor, making it seem okay when someone like Andras does touch you. It was wrong because my cousin is a selfish and thoughtless man. He took advantage of your naivety, Ezra. And you are naive, in a lot of ways, when it comes to men,” Reis explained, trying to make Ezra understand. He might not think it was bad now, or that he'd been violated, but perhaps he would think differently in the future. As he learned.<br/><br/>“Your body has you confused. Andras manipulated you. I don't really know why he burned you. That seems a bit much, even for Andras. The asha here are more simple-minded. With your intelligence, it brings up the moral dilemma of if you should be allowed to be owned. I have my opinion and it's why I don't keep slaves. Your kind here are valued as living sex dolls and not much else. Exploited based on your nature. Trained to the.. proclivities of man. Even if you are a sexual creature by nature, it shouldn't be with us. It is not natural for you to serve man.” For Reis, he'd put a lot of this to the back of his mind, but he really didn't know what to do for Ezra now.<br/><br/>“Maybe we'll find other asha that aren't so aggressive towards you. There are other cities. At the party, there will be more too. I could possibly purchase one if you took a fancy to any.” Ezra's loneliness was probably not helping the situation and it had made the asha and easy target to Andras. If Reis had been looking a little closer instead of trying to make his escape he would have seen it. He knew Andras was interested in the exotic looking asha, but Reis thought his warning was enough. He'd been mistaken.<br/><br/>“In some things you have to listen to what your mind is telling you instead of your body. You said you did not want to be with Andras and that tells me that somewhere in your subconscious you know you'd rather be with another asha. Your keepers have just removed you of your choice so your body is trying to compensate.” Reis' tea had gone cold by the time he'd finished trying to explain himself but he didn't mind all that much. He took a sip of it anyway, his gaze trained on the floor rather than looking back at Ezra in his current state.