Alice is taken back by his abrupt order.<em>Was it that obvious?</em><br/>She gave herself a few moments to prepare what she wanted to say, her thoughts punctuated by her fingers digging deeper and deeper, she tried to act like she wanted to hurt him, but refrained from going too hard.<br/><br/>"Four years ago I lost my mother to the cold." She was about to add the fact that she felt cold near him now but excluded it last second.  "I was devastated but my father was... he was much worse off.  He loved her long before I was ever born and no matter how I tried to fill the void in his heart, he just got worse and worse and<em>worse</em>".  Her voice cracked on the last "worse."<br/><br/>Alice tried soothing her emotions by distracting herself with what lay in front of her, the irony not lost on her.  She dug her fingers deeper, now not caring about how her master felt, he wanted this, he'll get this.  She finally let's her hands begin to explore his arms.<br/><br/>She did not want to speak out of turn but wanted to change the subject even more, "Do you find this pleasurable, master?"