Private Obedient to a Fault

“Enough, all of you are to stay away from him.”

Those were the words Remiel said, before Gany ran off. He didn't understand what was going on between Remiel and Sazz, or why Remiel believed Sazz was such a danger to everyone. What he did understand was that he wanted to hang out with Sazz and get in touch with him, and now he didn't know if he could. All because Remiel stepped way out of line and issued that command.

He spent a little bit of time in his room being despondent and sorry for himself before he realized he had a way to solve this problem. It would just be a little awkward to explain.

He washed off his face and left his room to search Monday's apartment. "Monday?" He would need his help, too. "Monday, can I have your help with something?"

Usually, Garry cheered Ganymede up a little bit. He was a charming little bird. But Ganymede was too distressed right now.

He took a deep breath. "Well, I have a problem. You know how easy it is for people to... talk me into things," he said. "Someone was telling a bunch of us at the community center that I have to stay away from Wednesday's boyfriend Sazz because they think he's dangerous. But I was thinking about joining Sazz's club for magic users at the school."

He swallowed. "And now I don't think I can." He felt terrible. He hated that something so small could give him so much trouble. It felt so pathetic.

If garry perched near him, the catboy would gently pet the little bird with a couple of his fingers,

Ganymede obeyed each of the things Monday told him to do.

Normally, this wouldn't be a problem. Monday didn't abuse Ganymede's weakness. Today, he was painfully aware of how each command hit his brain. Come. Have a seat. He squirmed a little in his seat when he got there.

"I haven't tried to sign up yet," Ganymede said. "I only learned about the club today, from Sazz. And I thought I could make new friends there, if I joined."

Ganymede gave Monday a bemused look. What was this about not wanting to 'undo it?'

"Okay..." he said. "I actually had an idea already, though. Which is, you can just tell me Sazz isn't evil and it's okay for me to be around him. Or one of my friends who know about this problem can talk to me about stuff like that." He paused. "Unless that's what you mean by undoing it."

Ganymede thought about that - tried to make it work in his head. But to no avail.

"What happened was, an angel named Remiel got upset about Sazz because he used to be a demon. He had this outburst where he commanded us to stay away from Sazz, and he went on this rant about how he thought Sazz was trying to trick us or hurt us somehow. And I don't believe a word of it. It's all preposterous. But... that part of me does believe it, even though it's not true, and it made me go away because Sazz was around."

He took a breath and gave Garry some more scritches. "Now, I feel like I'd have to leave if Sazz showed up at the club meeting, because I have to stay away from him."

Gany didn't think it would matter why he went somewhere. He would have to leave if Sazz was around. And he hated it, and he hated how effortlessly Remiel had put him in this bind.