Agreeing to go into service is easy. No harder than signing up for the Marines. He's spent so long serving his country, it's a comfort to know he'll be acting in service again.
Half an hour later, Chris says, "Not bad at all for your first time. We'll practice this three times a week."
Over the course of the next week and a half, Marlo spends six or seven hours massaging every inch of Chris's naked body except for the parts covered by his jockstrap.
Chris is, of course, also teaching Marlo massage skills. When you only have two months to perfect someone, it's important to make things serve more than one purpose.
He gets very very good at shutting down thoughts before they begin.
He also gets very good at giving massages. Birds and stones and what all.
At the end of a very pleasant foot massage, Chris says, "you are progressing quite nicely as a body slave."
"But, of course, there are more skills involved in being a body slave than the ones I have taught you so far, and we will concentrate on those more next month. Grooming and dressing your master. Attendance at parties. Sex," he adds, off-handedly, as if it were not the whole point of the conversation.
That's the "I'm repressing this thought" face. Not acceptable right now.
"My associate Rachel will visit tonight to begin your sexual training."
Rachel owes him a favor anyway.
It doesn't matter. Not unless he wants to walk out the door and never come back.
"Yes, Chris."
Says the man who has been jerking off every day after being spanked for two weeks.
"You are not here to enjoy sex. You are here to be used in the way that your master pleases, which may include sex."
Chris hugs him and kisses his forehead. "I am confident in your ability to please Rachel."
Chris calls Rachel, argues with her, calls in his favor, and schedules Marlo's first attempt at sexual service for tonight.
He tells Marlo to scrub the walls. He feels full of restless energy. He is too good at his job to let that make him pickier than usual.
About an hour before Rachel is scheduled to arrive, Chris says, "you should take your punishment now. Rachel may want to use you all night."
Usually it takes a while for Marlo to start to let sounds through his throat. Not this time.
When he starts letting sounds through his throat, Chris says, "good boy", and then continues the litany of his inadequacy.