Of course, that dull edge was incapable of doing me damage. But the sharp tip scratched me with perfect precision, gently enough so the mark would fade away before my parents came home but hard enough to give the necessary touch of painful reality to this fantasy. And as always this imaginary coup de gras propelled us on to an insanely compelling mutual peak. Jen gasped with tremendous satisfaction, and I went instantly rigid, every muscle in my body straining toward some unknown apotheosis. For several seconds, I sustained this impossible physical and emotional exertion and then collapsed emptily away when my owner began piling the fallen vegetables back atop me.
Humming to herself as though I were no longer there, she pulled me directly over the heating grate and flipped it open.
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