Speaking freely Small Bargain - Definitive Edition chapter 8 by tfwnogiantgf

Claire's hand gingerly traced around her midriff. Whenever it tapped Blake there was a sharp, piercing sting where his arms should be. It wasn't helped by the way she drummed her dainty fingers across it.

"I really do wonder..." Her voice boomed.

"Mff..." At this point, his voice was a weak mewl, barely able to leave what passed for a mouth.

With a swift PLUCK, suddenly, he let out a sigh. He kept shaking, shielding his eyes telepathically, expecting more torment - but no pain at all. "Wha..." The gut bug swallowed. "I can talk-!?"

Claire sighed. "It's good to hear you still know English."

Blake squealed. "It's... Let me out, it's way too terrible in here! Everything's tight, and burning, and..."

She nodded. "Yes, yes, tell me more. I want to know EXACTLY how my workout looks from the inside. I may need to improve it."

Blake paused. He navigated his next words carefully. "Uhm. It's... Wet, sloppy... Warm... There's a lot of pink? Red? Reddish-pink?"

She poked him. "Use your words, boy."

As the gut pierced deep into the layers of abdomen, the searing agony around Blake's shoulders reached new peaks. "AAARGH! Every time you stretch it's like I'm on a rack, being twisted and bent! Your entire body's turned loose like spaghetti, but when it's done the muscle cells harden and close in on me! A rubber ball pit turning into a rockslide!"

"That's it." Claire patted softly, as he whimpered. "Keep going."

The pinch of silence before stung worse than the soft throbbing from her belly-pats.

"When you... I can feel every move you did, like our bodies are one. But I can't feel my arms anymore... Why... Why did they burn off?"

Claire hummed. "So I'm burning fat, then. That's a good sign."

He kicked and flailed his legs in protest, until the area got squeezed by one more immense tap. "Quit squirming. I can still burn those parts off..."

He froze.

"...But the good news is, you look good on me. So I think you can stay, even if you've been so rude about this all."

Blake felt himself deflating further. That was the EXACT opposite of what he wanted!