<strong>Dominus proposes to free the Pict from the cage.</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd468/sybakrys/Amplus/article-1057070-050F37D70000044D-98_468x465.jpg)</div>As she backed further into the cage, he listened to her very carefully. As he was not fluent he did not wish to misunderstand her. “Dying worse if long and painful. Obedience I require. Freedom for you, if you obey, someday.” He smiled at her as he said this.<br/><br/>On the suggestion that his horse and indeed one of his dogs needed attention and seeing that she had a clear understanding of animals in general, he began to formulate a plan. Until she was ready to enter the house, if she ever would be ready, he would put her to work in the stables, tending to the beasts. A kennel would be cleaned out and made into a sleeping area for her.<br/><br/>He found her amusing when she suggested that she wanted to stay with Autolycus. So he made her understand that this was something that would not happen. “Staying with Autolycus, no. In stables you will sleep and work. Connecting door, will be made, if behave you do.”<br/><br/>Before that however, she needed to be cleaned up. As she said, she was indeed dirty and from the looks of things, when she came into the light, she had been beaten, but by whom. He would have to ask Autolycus, once she was out of the cage and secured for transport.<br/><br/>With his mind made up, he turned his attentions to Autolycus. “Autolycus, I am going to let her out now. Once out I would like you to take her to the Servants Bathhouse to get cleaned up and dressed below the waist. You know how I don’t like to see wasted clothe. Besides if the men have to expose there chests then so can the Pict.”<br/><br/>He considered the potential danger that she would pose for the Medicus and formulated a plan. “Feed her something or give her a drink to subdue her a little. Then she will need to be restrained. Might I suggest that she has her wrists tidied behind her back and a gag of sorts placed around her mouth. Perhaps a collar needs to be fastened around her neck too which can be attached to a chain. I suggest that a guard come with you, just in case she acts up. Once back in the stables I would like the chain to be secured around one of the pillars so that she can start to attend to the animals. I will walk with you to the entrance of the baths as it is on my way.” He then turned to the Pict. “Out you want? Behave or break you I will. Do you understand me?”<br/><br/><strong>Amplus puts on the clothes laid out for him in the bath house.</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://boyculture.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c2ca253ef010536e54c6a970b-400wi)</div>He only picked up a few words from Nadia as she addressed Galo. Something about them both getting dressed. So Amplus leaped out of the bath and, still dripping with water, picked up the clothes. Amplus did not relish the thought of putting the clothes on, that Nadia had instructed him to use, as he ran the course material through his fingers. He did not like wearing clothes at the best of times and these were destined to be incredibly uncomfortable as he slid the toga over his head.<br/><br/>He listened with internal amusement as Nadia explained the what’s and what not’s of being a slave. All that was second nature to Amplus of course. He became distracted as the fibres of the toga were starting to make his skin itch, as he adjusted it a little. Once his arms were through, he pulled it over his torso and turned to watch Cariad putting the finishing touches to her clothing. She looked wonderful and he looked forward to a time when he could help her out of such items.<br/>