2. A New Rule

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«𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾.» It was a simple statement, but Spanky couldn't stop thinking that it was the precursor to some kind of punishment. The icon in the corner of the screen continued pulsing; Master was still typing. Spanky stared at it, letting himself breathe in time to the animated dots, and waited to see what was going to happen to him. The tension was almost unbearable, probably a more intense emotion than anything the fox had experienced in his first twenty-one years of life. And when the dots paused, signalling that a message was about to appear, Spanky stopped thinking about it. He didn't need to do anything but wait breathlessly for Master's command.

«𝖸𝗈𝗎'𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍. 𝖣𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝖾?»

Spanky mumbled to himself as he composed his reply. Of course he didn't want to keep a secret, he'd tell Master anything. They were just girls he hung around with a lot, they would never want to be Mistress or anything. So he didn't think it was something he needed to mention. He repeated the words over and over to himself, trying to find a way to put it that didn't sound like he was trying to cover up a secret.

Nearly a minute passed, and he knew he'd never try to deceive his Master again. He just needed to find an excuse for this one time, and then in future he'd always be honest up front. It would be a lot easier, he was sure. With that decision made, he looked down one more time at the words he'd typed.

𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝖨'𝗆 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝖨 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨'𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖨'𝗆 𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝗌𝗈 𝖨 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝗎𝗅𝗎 𝗍𝗈𝗈.

He pressed enter, breathed a sigh of relief now the hard part was dealt with. And then his breath caught in his throat again, frozen in place as he realised what he'd just typed. That wasn't what he'd meant at all.

He wanted to rush to correct himself, to say it hadn't been an intentional omission, but his eyes were already focused on the flashing [···] in the corner of the screen. Master had seen the comment, and Spanky had to wait for his response.

«𝖭𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗒. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍. 𝖣𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐?»

𝖸𝖾𝗌

Spanky stared at the word, and whimpered. His paws had moved so fast, he didn't even realise he was typing until it was too late.

«𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝗐, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽? 𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒? 𝖠𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅?»

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