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Zorin was stubbornly blind to his own needs, but it felt like we were making progress as he let me talk him into giving me caretaking through submission. I did my best to keep my thoughts on that out of our bond, though. Sending him my emotions and deliberate thoughts kept me from confusing him by giving him too much to think about.

It was possible that the smarter someone was the easier it was to confuse them with thoughts of their needs.

Did that mean stupid people thought of themselves more?

Once he reached a full understanding of what he needed, I hoped he could help me sort through that mental debate. For the time being, I pushed it to the back of my mind and focused on Zorin.

“You do enjoy when Shiloh submits to you.”

Zorin was talking himself into the idea, so I simply indicated approval and kept caressing him as his thoughts focused on submission.

“The need is so strong in you it probably requires additional outlets.”

He was not wrong even if that was a simplistic way to see the issue.

“As long as I do not have to pretend to be little, it should be something we can practice.”

Zorin had no desire to explore being little in any way. It was curious but not surprising. Part of me wanted to poke at his thoughts and understand what he was thinking but he was only sending random things through the bond.

“I do not need you to be little to enjoy your submission and I do not need to spank you either if you don’t want to explore those sensations firsthand.”

He’d enjoyed it but we also hadn’t planned on it happening either.

“I understand how to safeword.”

Zorin’s answer addressed something I hadn’t asked but it was good to know I’d read his earlier actions of shoving his hands under his thighs correctly.

Clearly both males were going to make sure they did not accidentally use hand safewords.

“You handled yourself well during an unexpected event. I would be a bad Dom if I did not bring it up, though. It seems to be one of the primary rules of engaging in dominant and submissive behaviors.”

Instead of thinking about it in terms of our relationship, Zorin surprised me.

“The second is making sure submissives are hydrated. If I submit to you, we will both need water when Shiloh wakes up.”

His mind worked in fascinating ways.

“Yes, that is also an important rule to remember.”

Another would probably be not making a submissive be the one to handle the decisions. Before he could find some other random but still technically important information to provide for me, I rolled us over until I had him pinned under me.

Zorin’s eyes went wide and he sucked in a breath, but his hands lay still on the bed. As he kept them flat, I settled between his legs and used my arms to hold up my chest. “That…”

Was not bad judging by the shocked pleasure flooding through him.

“I liked being behind you this morning but this position feels…powerful.” Part of me pushed to revert back to mental speech or even our native language, but I kept using English because our little Earthling was being very careful not to draw attention to himself.

Zorin didn’t seem to notice what language we were speaking but that was probably because his brain was much slower than he was used to dealing with. “This…”

Was still good based on his emotions, so I nodded slowly. “Makes me very happy, but you can feel that can’t you?”

His head bobbed as he licked his lips.

When his silence continued, I shifted to move his hands over his head and pinned them to the bed. “What is the English safeword that stops the scene?”

It was still an odd phrase even if I knew I’d picked the right words.

Zorin blinked for a moment in an unnatural behavior but he found the answer. “Red. It is based on their vehicle traffic system.”