<em>What have I done!?</em><br/>Alice can't tell for certain if her master is serious or simply playing with her.  Her hand feels weak in his grasp and she refuses to even think about challenging it.  She nods her head, almost to a bow.<br/>"Yes master, I would never stop you from eating a meal, I live to serve you... and I won't tell a soul." The last few words come out as a timid whisper.  Her other hand had stopped rubbing him and she had failed to notice, taken back by what had just happened.<br/><em>Alice, you need to stay calm, he is just showing kindness.  Yes... that's it, kindness is all...</em>