Sacred Haven of Debauchery

Koshа
I'm kind of hooked on these essays, reading about an interplanetary dating site, and then suddenly...
>>>57) DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?
>>>‡(click »here« to learn about the difference between a pet and a slave)
Is there really a difference?
111
Well, sex with the latter is perfectly legal, while with the former it's too exotic...
Koshа
I wouldn't say there's a fundamental difference, especially if in both cases a humanoid of another race is used.
But the fact is that a slave can be useful, while an animal is kept purely for fun.
111
Animals can also be useful. Like livestock. A slave won't feed you...
Koshа
If you show him where the fridge is, he will.
222
lol
and in general, there is also a difference between pets and domestic animals/birds, hmm
Koshа
Yeah, that's true.
111
So, slaves are closer to livestock than to a pet agama...
Although, if you keep a slave just to maintain him and admire him...
Koshа
Well, yes, slaves, like pets, can be different and for different purposes...
111
Well, hmm, technically, if a slave is kept by another xenos who considers the human race barely sentient, then the slave is already a pet...
Koshа
Yeah, that's true.
222
by the way, in "Curse of the Elves"
the elves kept humans as livestock
they even conducted "selection"
111
But if we don't consider xenos, but only humans, then there is a difference.
And also fictional races.
222
dragons in the same book "The Tamed Man" of one of the tribes also considered them just a funny animal. this dragon kept several different species of ungulates, several species of predators in its enclosures. and a female human. so what.
111
A slave is usually of the same species and race as the slave owner, while an animal is not...
222
well, yes
Koshа
Morrowind protests.
111
Then a slave is at least a humanoid...
Koshа
And an animal can also be a humanoid...
But a slave doesn't necessarily have to be...