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[A long pause as several things from his last few months at home filter through his brain. One makes him blush faintly, then he looks a little uneasy.]

You mentioned lubricant. Do guys need it to?

Generally, yes.

Some creatures can get around it.

But usually when its two males, they need an outside source. Actual lube marketed for the act is best, but any kind of oil can do in a pinch as long as you use enough that it isn't absorbed fully into the skin.

Technically you can use water and spit and your own bodily fluids, but that would be a rough time and not recommended.

Okay.

[Blood lube not recommended. Thank God.]

Go on. I'm ready.

And if anyone talks about using blood as lube, you leave and call the scariest friend you trust because that's what we call a red flag and someone needs to be intimidated.

[Unless that's your kink, but that should come from an established arrangement that is an exception sort of thing.]

Lube also isn't remiss when a female is involved, especially when you're inexperienced. Better to have too much than too little.

If you're more interested in the mechanics of how the sex works, I have more slides at the end to go ahead over the usual methods, but it depends how interested you really are in those.

...what if it's your most indestructible friend talking about it over breakfast?

[Red Son's making this surprisingly digestible. Though some of it's hard to appreciate when your instincts remind you all the time that touch is pain.]

I honestly don't know how interested I would be. But it sounds like you mostly do it if you like and trust someone, right? Like you and MK, and I guess you and Saya?

Are they talking about it in regards to anyone present or as their own personal thing?

Usually, yes. Some people can just use strangers they meet one night who they believe won't murder them, but usually there is some level of trust and specific affection.

I'm not sure. We...my friends and I...were talking about some...less than...pleasant things about blood lubricant in a different way, and he tossed it out there as easily as you'd talk about your favorite kind of music. All I knew at the time was we weren't talking about the same thing anymore.

[He pauses for thought on that little factoid.]

Nope...I don't think I can see the appoeal with a stranger.

....that may be a flow of conversation thing, but also if it makes you uncomfortable, tell him. And if he doesn't stop, that is a red flag.

We'll get more into kink a little later and how those waters can get muddy.

But that is far.

[Another slide and now its a list of words of various sexualities.]

An important thing to know about sexuality is its no one size fits all. Sex may be about reproduction at its base, but there is also biological reasons why some people are only attracted to their own biological gender. That is to help a species to survive, because same gender couples can take on the children who lose their parents and that protects the species as a whole.

And there are some people who are have no interest in sex at all, or only under very specific circumstances and that helps population control. If everyone was having reproductive sex all the time, that drains on resources and will endanger the species.

Maybe, but turning it to a sex thing, from murder to oil a machine is... [He's not sure the word for it is in his vocabulary.]

Anyway, yeah. That all makes sense. I can see that. That is very...base though, since I'm pretty sure that's not a main thing for you and MK, right?

Just as some people almost never think about sex, some people think about it too much. I could not tell you why, its just a thing. What matters in this case is he respects your comfort.

Yes. Well. [He goes red at that, tugging at his collar a bit.] Of course its not. This is all more to explain why these things exist, especially since you went through your life having no idea of all of this. It was extremely likely your interest was going to be low, so this all helps puts into perspective why and what is the point of all this even if you have no want to deal with it yourself.

Like a great many biological things, people who can think more beyond their instinct start associating emotions to the things they do. Why they chose the specifications in how they do things.

Sex is often one of two priorities outside of biology and that is to either feel good or for specific fondness to love. You don't need to be in full love to have sex, but some people need a stronger emotional connection than the casual to feel good business. Other reasons exist, but most of the time, its going to be one of those.

People can pursue sex casually because it physically feels good to do and all the various health benefits that make life nicer.

As for fondness, its a way to feel close to someone. There is a certain level of trust inherent in sex because obviously, most people are rather vulnerable when they're probably not wearing anything with someone's hands all over them. Its a way to have a nice time with someone you care about. A bonding experience. That sort of thing.

Uh...huh... ["It's good that you have your memories back though. You were pretty useless without them. Like, more useless than me."]

Is it hard to realize what you're feeling about a person like that? And...can you do it in your sleep?

The physical attraction? Once you know the physical signs of arousal, that will become fairly obvious if the attraction is substantial enough. And yes, you can realize it in your sleep. Its a phenomenon called a wet dream, where you essentially dream of having a sexual encounter.

If you mean fondness to love?

That realization gets to be a lot more complicated and difficult depending on life experience.

It also bears saying sexual attraction does not guarantee love and love does not guarantee sexual attraction. You can be attracted to someone you despise on every other level, and you can feel love without ever wanting to so much as kiss the other person.

I've seen someone have a wet dream then. [Seen is an understatement, but that's not important right now. Nope.]

I could guess that. I know someone who flirts a lot. A lot. I don't know if he has sex with them all...but there's no way it's romantic with all of them.

But how did you know for example? You have two people, right?

A lot of moaning and writhing?

Almost definitely not. At some point, you can't even hope to schedule all that properly.

[There is a long, looooong pause at that.]

Technically three, and there is no simple way to explain how because....

Trauma.

Completely silent.

...

...I...

...I understand trauma.

...the emotion eating thing?

Trauma also manifests in different ways. Especially when the sources of different things.

Mine is pretty well tied to the fact I'm centuries old. [And all the loneliness.]

...no...

[He's not thrown by Red Son's age to his credit.]

Mine starts at being stolen as a child and replaced so no one noticed. And being turned into a monster.

....do you want to tell me about it or should I just drop it?

[There is a pause.]

[Man, is this one of those things where he's supposed to show sympathy? How does he do that in this situation? He just kind of assumed he'd be seen as a monster his whole life, what does he do with that.]

Well.

Yeah, that would probably affect your ability for emotional intimacy.

...he was rubbing against me in his sleep. And I'm guessing that was...well him poking me.

[It wouldn't be a first, but it would be unexpected.]

Yeah, well fear doesn't leave room for many positive feelings.

[Yay, Winter feelings?]

....ah. Yes, that is...definitely telling.

And this is why its important for you to have information because its really best to leave when that's happening.

Hm, fear of others or yourself?

I wasn't in danger from him. He's the first person who was ever kind after I grew up. And we were in danger so I just woke him up.

[He fiddles with the seam on the cushion.]

Fear in general. Touch is pain, my brain tells me. If I get close to people my owner makes me breaks there trust, watches them through me. My enemies target them and I'm too weak to do more than send them away forever. They literally die protecting me. They don't even care to ask if I'm okay, and I'm useless if I have the one thing that makes the pain and fear further away.

So fear.

Also an acceptable decision to end the awkward.

[....]

[Sweet Buddha.]

Okay.

I can do literally nothing about most of that.

Buuuuuut if you still have a Master with some kind of compulsion on you, I might be able to help with that.

Yeah...sorry, it just came out.

[Not sure why though. Not really.]

It's not that simple unless you can keep her out of my head and from using me as her personal phone and door. But if you can, I'm open.

Have you tried finding a therapist for yourself? Because that is...definitely therapy that I am very much not equipped to help you navigate.

[Listen. He knows his limits.]

Its never that simple. I'm not known for doing things that are simple. Finding solutions to seemingly impossible problems is what I do.

And even then, if all else fails, if we can get you to the Dragon Girl, she can burn out the connection. We'd just need to be careful about it.

[Since it might kill him too.]

[But if Macaque can survive the Lady Bone Demon's influence being burned out, it IS a doable feat.]

Edited 2023-10-18 04:07 (UTC)

I honestly wasn't expecting you to be. I keep myself to myself usually.

[It's easy to when no one asks and you're smack in the middle of two superpowers.]

...if she burns out the connection, what keeps it from just being remade? Wouldn't that be the better place to start?

[Not a fan of dying. Did it once, not a fan.]

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