Pain like never before filled Barb's world.
T'was a familiar feeling, from a time she was still desired by men. All the same, it felt like none that came before. Of course it did not: it was Barb's own son who let his lust fall upon his mother. No, her daughter's lust.
"Chris..." Barb's voice was that of a century-old smoker. "Chris, my boy... My girl. You must not..."
Christina's fingers never stopped their caress. "The great spirits tell me otherwise, mother. This is for your own good. Do your womanly parts still ache?" She thrust three fingers yet again, stab that tore Barb's flesh.
"Chris... It hurts, my girl. It hurts so much. Please stop."
"It is for your own good, mother. I bought a book, just as the great spirits guided me. If it pains you still, then tell me. I will try something else, a massage perhaps..."
"No, Chris." Words were useless, but Barb's body had strength for no more. "Do you love me, daughter?"
"More than anything else, mother." Christina's head surveyed the hoards surrounding them, stacks upon stacks of worthless baubles and whatnot. "Even when the merge comes, I will stand beside you mother. I will massage you until the passing comes. Sonichu will join us, maybe, as will Megan. Ah, you will love Megan. It has been a long time since I dreamed of her."
"If you truly love me... stop, child."
"Why?" Christina took her fingers away, Pinning Barb's wrists to the floor. "Why? Why do you refuse me? Why? WHY?" His tone grew ever more filled with rage, though there was sorrow as well. "Why, when we have done so much? You always told me we were to be together forever, besides one another. This will only bound our souls."
"It is wrong... can you not hear God's voice?"
"I AM GOD!" Christina pushed against Barb's writ with such force it was a miracle they did not tear. "I AM GOD! I COMMAND THAT YOU BE MINE. THIS IS MY PROPHESY." Bard heard the unstrapping of a belt, cloth sliding against skin. "You will be mine, Barb. You will be my boyfriend-free girl. No, you shall not be boyfriend-free when I am done with you."
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