Reviewer: BritinManor Signed [Report This]
Date: Jan 28, 2019 10:12 am Title: Chapter 5

Broken soul.  You couldn't have come up with a better terminology. For that's exactly what all sick bastards did!  Again, it started with Craig! Craig made that first punishment something painful and memorable, and then turned around and made sure it would happen time and time again to Brian.  But to think that doesn't even rank in the top five, I shudder at what else Sap might have done to Brian.

The comic sounds like a good thing, but I can see Brian's hesitancy. If Sap ever got wind of it, who knows what type of retaliation Sap might do to Justin. Sure, he's a white, upper class citizen, but he's not beyond Sap's twisted mind. And I hardly think Craig would stand up for his son. But Justin does have the LAAS backing him. And if anything ever DID happen to Justin at Sap's hands, I can only imagine what Sap would have to answer to.

Apparently, the slave laws definitely need changing. It's a sad day when a decent human being gets treated worse than an animal, although, animals don't deserve to be treated wrongly, either.  But Brian needs to realize, if he had not given his okay, Justin would not have gone ahead and used the 'Cattle Drover'.  Justin respects him, regardless what people made him do. Brian just needs to believe that.

I shot you an email. Just an FYI.

HUGS  ~Cathy

Author's Response:

Yes, it all started with Craig and he sure did a number on Brian, but what followed in the years afterwards... I really just wanted to hold Brian close and give him a hug :(

I get Brian's hesitancy concerning the comic as well. He has been living a life for years where he had no right to speak up for himself or defend himself and fighting back, even in the way that Justin suggests, is something that hasn't been on Brian's radar and the possible consequences are of course very scary to him :(

Yes, the slave laws need changing and that is something that will come up again over the course of this story. I've painted a pretty bleak image there of the society our boys live in, but as talked about with previous chapters, slavery still exists even nowadays and if we just look 200 years back... Slaves were treated worse than animals which is something that sickens me. How humans can regard other humans with as little respect is beyond me :(

Brian is slowly starting to understand that Justin respects him and his wishes and I am sure that given some more time, Brian will learn that he has a choice and a right to an opinion as well :)

Thanks for your comment! More will be up soon :)