Aly fidgeted into the silence that lay heavy in the room. She wasn’t used to disobeying those in charge of her, but she had also never been asked to go against her morals before, either. He wasn’t a maid, to help her dress. Nor was he a tailor, asking her to disrobe in order to take her measurements. There was a purpose behind what he had asked her, an intention that she couldn’t quite place, despite his innocuous statement of simply examining her.<br/><br/>As he leaned forward, the action visible to her from Jin’s borrowed eyes, she took an unconscious step backwards, away from him. This man, who had been so kind and courteous to her for the past two months, was suddenly suspect. A danger in pretty clothes. But why?<br/><br/>Still, he had not been rough or coarse with her. Simply requested her compliance with his unconventional request.<br/><br/>Again, a reminder of his possession of her. A negating of a choice that she thought she had. Her disappointment and uncertainly flitted across her face as she tried to process the information. Jin looked up at her, giving her a full view of her own flushed face, blank staring eyes, and long brown hair pulled into a braid that hung down her back.<br/><br/>A questioning thought put to Jin prompted an answer from the small creature.<i>Resist</i>, came the answer, in a mixture of feelings rather than words. The magical weaving that made Jin what he was caused him to want to defend his human, and the ferret sometimes took that nature to an extreme. His message was clear; if it was something she didn’t want to do, don’t do it.<br/><br/>Aly fidgeted once more, torn in her decision. Do as she was commanded, or follow what she knew to be the right thing that Jin supported her in?<br/><br/>Hesitantly, with a shaking hand, she reached up to begin untying the front laces on her gown, still holding Jin in her opposite hand. The laces began to part, exposing her thin chemise beneath and the swell of her breasts. Jin chittered at her and her hand stilled before falling to her side.<br/><br/>“I-I… I don’t think… I can’t. I’m not supposed to. My lord, I don’t understand why this is necessary.” Her heart beat rapidly in her chest. She was disobeying Kadyle, she knew, but obeying him in this instance seemed like no choice at all.