Falithas' eyes followed L'laras, but the rest of him stayed coolly motionless, unimpressed by both her threat and plea. It wasn't the case that he liked her insults, it was just that with her trapped so firmly in his control - which she would realise was the case before long - caring about them would be somehow akin to caring about a mouse squeaking its annoyance at him.<br/><br/>Still this little mouse needed training and so, after her words hung unanswered in the air for a few moments, he rose to his feet and stared hard at her. "Where you come from you might be halfway important. People might respect you, might think you wise, mighty, blah blah." He managed to sound wholly disinterested, and his eyes left her as he started patrolling the room idly.<br/><br/>"Here, though, you are a slave. A stuck up bitch whose only use is in following orders, and whose only hope is that you make a good enough slut that we keep you breathing. Maybe we'll talk peace eventually, but maybe I'll just fuck you til your strength leaves you." There was another pause, broken only by the sound of a drawer wrenching open. His random walk was seeing him pick out various toys to provide a vent for the annoyance she was causing.<br/><br/>"So!" He returned to her, a strip of leather hanging from one hand to slowly swing. "The ground rules. Stand in my presence, and I will floor you." the whip lashed out, it's nimble end coiling around her lower leg before he wrenched it hard toward himself. His voice grew in volume to pierce the dizziness now mulling through L'laras head.<br/><br/>"Ignore my instruction, and I will lash you." Again the thing coiled up before whipping forward, finding bare skin and wounding it. He curled it up around his hand as though to put it away, but there was a cruel and cold grin on his lips.<br/><br/>"Insult me, slave, and I will get inventive. For past offences I will steal your other little friends virginity, and tomorrow I will take to whoring them on the streets. You will watch, knellt at my side for all to see. Are we starting to get somewhere?"<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>