"Yes! We understand!"
And with withheld glee and barely suppressed smiles of joy spreading across their faces, they immediately dropped down onto their knees and bowed their heads low to the floor.
Their bodies were trembling with the effort of containing their excitement at finally receiving the treatment they had been craving for so long.
Benjamin walked toward them slowly, each step measured and purposeful, until he was standing directly in front of where Heka was kneeling with her head bowed.
He raised one foot and placed it firmly on top of Heka's head, pressing down with just enough weight to make his presence felt.
And then he began shifting and twisting the sole of his foot against her hair and her scalp, grinding it in small circles as if he were stamping out a cigarette butt, or crushing something insignificant beneath his heel.
"It is 'Master' to you, do you understand?"
