"I took your beast, Anita. I did it, and I would do it again without a moment's hesitance. But then the ardeur slammed into us all." He raises his eyes to her. "I can't have you and Jason and Asher and Liz telling me not to be used anymore by the people who are supposed to love and care for me while you all still use me when it suits your purposes. Can you not see how much it hurts me? I'm told I am my own man, but I'm not. I am my own man when none of you need me to be the pet. I can't live with such... shifting boundaries, Anita. Not anymore."
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"I took your beast, Anita. I did it, and I would do it again without a moment's hesitance. But then the ardeur slammed into us all." He raises his eyes to her. "I can't have you and Jason and Asher and Liz telling me not to be used anymore by the people who are supposed to love and care for me while you all still use me when it suits your purposes. Can you not see how much it hurts me? I'm told I am my own man, but I'm not. I am my own man when none of you need me to be the pet. I can't live with such... shifting boundaries, Anita. Not anymore."