It made him vaguely ill to even think about the ramifications for that.
Oh, that wasn't to say that he couldn't see himself enjoying the blonde's favors, but the truth was that she wasn't going to be all that... emotional about it. He was rather put out about the idea of making love to a girl who would go fully into it with the same sort of attitude that she would give to a training exercise. Having no real enjoyment on her part kind of dulled his own desire for any of that sort of activity, and, for the moment, he thanked heaven for that.
At the moment, he had to deal with a slavegirl who had him as her only real concern. If he had needs, she'd be the first to attend to them, and he had a sneaking suspicion that she'd be a more than willing bodyguard. Since he wasn't all that sure that he'd like the results of such questioning and activities, he put that aside until later.
Still, that left him with a lithe blonde girl who he owned, and who had no other thought in her head than to serve him. This, as it were, was not amusing, even in the nauseating way that leches talked about in the locker room. In those cases, he could roll his eyes and laugh, but now he could only look her over and sigh... as he saw another girl being led up to him as he glanced over her slender shoulder.
This one had much the same look in her eyes as Juni did, and there wasn't much of a variation in the hold of her body. Actually, other than an allowance to her slightly taller body, this new slave marched with the same sort of motion that his slave did. Her breasts were larger and fuller, and her silken brown hair was tied up at the back of her head, but there was no sign that she had any sort of personality difference than the first one.
"What is this?" he muttered towards the man who had brought her over to him.
The eunuch didn't seem fazed by even how this new slave's breasts had jiggled under her simple dress as he pushed his glasses up on his nose. "'This' is Juli."
"Nice ta have her here. But why'd ya bring her?"
"She is your slave."
"But I've got a slave already," Ranma reminded the worker as he waved at the blonde. "Juni's supposed ta be the one that I was gettin'."
"I am aware of that."
"So? What's this? A 'two-for-one' deal?"
"Pretty much," the eunuch said simply.
"Huh?"
"It is really quite simple. The two of them apparently function better together, and they are geared towards working as a pair. In fact, one might even say that this duo was 'created' to maximize their effectiveness."
"Really," came the pigtailed boy's flat reply.
"It was thought that we could help them better if they had some security, and ability to work together."
"How nice."
"You won't have to pay extra, since this was not a request of yours."
"Great."
"We... considered your records, and thought that you would have the best chance to handle them."
Ranma's smile was not warm or happy.
"You're more likely to survive and adapt to owning this pair."
"Figured as much. Can't ya fix them? Get back their memories or somethin'?"
"Not by what we can determine. Whoever did this to them had enormous resources and expertise to accomplish this as a goal."
"So, they had more tricks in their bags?"
"They managed to wipe out personal memories, emotional connections, and voluntary considerations, all without destroying any sort of intellect or knowledge, like the ability to speak."
"I don't think that I completely get whatcha mean, but I think that I got the basic bits," Ranma admitted, and raised a brow at the almost pretty man. "So, they got rid of the person inside of the body, but not the stuff that they know about."
"That, and they trained them to behave in the ways that they needed, or wanted, them to. We can't be sure that their memories can return, never mind when."
"Wonderful. Then they get ta be mine?"
That got a nod from the eunuch. "It's what we've planned on. But in exchange, you get their absolute service. Their sole loyalty is to their Master after all."
Looking between Juni and Juli tried to come up with a proper response, but could only sigh and shake his head as he tried to figure out how this was going to change things, while:
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