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A home is more than just four walls, as the saying goes, but a home is also more than just one’s castle. A home is devotion.
I made a house for my Master, and it is orderly as any castle should be. It has an orderly theme, that of an homage to Ar, with every element within reflecting my Master’s homeland. It is orderly in its composition, having everything a Master may need placed in a way that’s intuitive and reflective of deeper principles. Best of all, there is proper order to its occupants.
My Master proved this true when He found me, His tour guide to our new house, in a playful mood. I’d just returned from the Gor Hub, the “Gub,” after a couple of hours deflecting the advances of a Master who wanted to challenge my collar.
That exchange with the presumptuous Master at the Gub had been polite but firm in my commitment to my Master. Time and again, I had to state who I belonged to. At the same time, my station as a slave demanded that I be pleasing and submissive.
It’s a balancing act that I’m becoming quite practiced at. And ultimately, my Master approved of my handling. That was all that mattered. But the incident put me in a playful mood that continued during my time with my Master. Every time there was an opportunity for humor, I sought it.
By the time the tour was concluded, my Master essentially had to tell me to settle down. In a kind but stern, and rather sexy, way, He brought me back in line with my foremost mission, to be pleasing. That the tour concluded with a good time in a bath house that I made for Him probably helped emphasize my submission.
This is all remarkable because it showed that even when having worked a long week, and having to deal with a mischievous slave girl, my Master brought His best self to the time we shared together. He was patient and strong and sensual with me. That is the foundation that a good Gorean home can rely on.
My hope is that I can do the same. Nobody can be expected to be at their best at all times. Fortune’s wheel grinds down on us all. But when such a time comes when He can use me to hold Him up, I wish for nothing more than to be at my best as well.