Dichotomy

The dichotomy between a sleeping mind and a waking body is always fun to explore...

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The café’s noise blended into a background murmur, as you processed what they had just said. “Here? Now?” You looked around, at the people sitting at tables mere metres away. Your partner smiled, and held their earphones out to you.

“No one will know, silly. Just put the headphones in, I want to see what you think. I think it needs some tweaking, but you’re my favourite guinea pig for testing these on.” They looked into your eyes, smiling. They knew you wanted to. More than anything in the world.

So finally, you took the earphones, and put them in. Their smile widened, and they pressed a button on their phone. And their voice began. “I knew you couldn’t resist, toy. Even in public, surrounded by people… You can’t resist wanting to hear my voice pull you under.”

They had taken hold of your hand, and were watching you, curiously, as their voice continued. “And you can feel it already happening, can’t you? Your body relaxing, your mind unwinding. You can feel your eyes growing heavy. But there’s a twist to this one.”

You looked into their eyes, silently asking a question. A smirk was all you got. “We are in public, you naughty toy, so I want you to feel your mind drop, sink, and drift away, but your body? You can feel it returning to normal, can’t you? You can feel it staying upright.”

Almost instantly, you could. Your mind was still draining away, but your body stayed upright, the relaxation that was seeping in vanished. You were feeling the odd dichotomy of your brain going under whilst your body remained aware. Your partner’s smile widened.

The voice continued. Taking you deeper, dropping your mind, but letting your body remain aware. A semblance of being present, without any of the thinking that came with that. Then came an instruction, to see if it was working. “If you’re under, squeeze my hand, toy.”

You felt yourself squeeze their hand, gently, automatically. It was an obedient reflex, controlled by their power over your mind. Your partner’s eyes widened, looking from your hand to your face. As the file ended, they were beaming. “Okay, I can play with that, so very much…”