[Souji draws in a deep breath and slowly lets it out, managing somehow not to choke on it too badly. That's right. Being owned... He knows. Belonging to someone is safety, is a way of making sure that no matter where you are and what you've lost, you always know where your home is. But he also knows that not everyone thinks like he does, and it's not good to assume that kind of thing about others.

But this... this is fine. It's going to work out.]

Then we do whatever he wants, and respect his wishes regardless of what they are. After all, being someone else's can be... good, provided it's what you choose for yourself.

[And doesn't he know it.

It feels good to know the worst of the tension has passed, and they can slowly return to some sense of normality - as much as that meant, in this place. He laughs, and this time it's full and light at the same time, sheer mirth and enjoyment in the sensation.]

I had a bit of a run-in with him too. He's... suspicious of me, and I understand why, but I think I managed to calm him down a bit. I don't know how it was in your world, but his old master is a friend of mine - even if I've tried to kill him a couple of times. So I hope him and I can be friends too, one day.