I’m exhausted. First I had to have the landlord out here because the seal on the toilet broke. They were coming back later in the week. The next day a pipe broke under the apartments and it took 48 hours to cap off. And now the creek is under the apartment because it’s been raining so much. It’s not helping the creativity.

But I’m still continuing on the SF wip. Kaleo is meeting Aneirin’s brother Rhisart.

Kaleo huffed, a little too satisfied by Rhisart’s answer for Aneirin’s comfort. “If you’re asking what I’d like from your brother, I’d like for him to find me something I could do and let me stay in his home. I’d be lying if I said I’d ever lived anywhere better. I’m not dumb. I know a good thing when I see it. Even if I had to be a Toy to stay, I know I could have had worse but like I said, I don’t know him well yet. I might regret saying that.” He shot another look Aneirin’s way as if judging him secretly violent.

“I don’t know exactly what he gets up to in the bed room, but I’m fairly sure my brother isn’t a sadist.” Rhisart pulled a long face then reached for his drink. Aneirin wished the drinks were stronger.

“Guess I’ll eventually see.” Kaleo shrugged. Aneirin didn’t know what he could say to convince the young man he wasn’t going to be forced into sex. “I don’t know what he’s going to do with me, but he can’t just let me sit around watching his holos all day and eating his food. It’s not like I’m a dog or something that’s gonna die in a few years. I don’t know what happens to Toys when their masters get bored.” He hunched his shoulders, his face pinching. “I don’t want to know.”

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