Chapter 90

Not like it was going to make any difference, but I told her the truth. “My owners put a calming cream on me, because I panicked about something. It made me feel crazy and I talked too much. I don’t even remember what I said to them,” I told her.

“I have loyalty to my friends,” she told me. “Every day they spend in the village, you will spend in here.”

We stood like that for hours. The girl occasionally cussed me, but I didn’t say anything to her. My arms were sore and my feet hurt. I regretted having said anything, but in a way I felt I had gotten what I deserved. Standing here with this angry girl in this boring room was my punishment for talking.

The partition dropped and Rose’s owner was standing in front of me. He laid a kneeling pad on the floor and released me. Once I could move enough I knelt down and he fed me without saying anything. Afterward, I was allowed to relieve myself and then reattached to the wall.

The day passed very slowly, but I imagine