Emiemi swung wildly and energetically through the jungle of Pomaika'i. She was feeling exceptionally good today. Why, she wasn’t sure. But the 20-year-old jungle girl didn’t care. Any day spent on her birthplace was awesome.

The daughter of famous jungle couple Julie Shevchenko and Kainak, Emiemi was born and raised on the island, occasionally getting a taste of civilization, and it showed. But she was a true jungle girl, a throwback to the likes of Tarzan, and a return to humanity’s wild origins.

That included her appearance. Her slender frame showed signs of toned muscles. Her brown hair was a little disheveled and went down to the middle of her back. Her hair framed a slender face, which also framed bright brown eyes. Sweat glistened off slightly-tanned skin and she wore nothing but what her mom referred to as a “standard-issue” jungle girl outfit.

She had no plans for today. It was just enjoy living in the wild, basically. But she didn’t know that someone else had plans for her.

Waiting for her—well, not really, because he had no idea she was on her way—was Oua, the charming Pacific Hypnotic Python, an old acquaintance of hers going back several years. The mostly green-and-brown python slept in his tree with his long body tightly would around the tree trunk and branches, basking in the warm Pomaika'i sun.

Emiemi was unaware of the python ahead of her. But she was so focused (or unfocused) on what was right ahead Of her that she didn’t know she was headed right in the snake’s direction.

Despite being so energetically into swing around, Emiemi was getting tired. She needed to get some rest and she found a tree branch that looked like it was strong enough to hold her weight. So she swung over there and her bare feet landed on the branch while she posed as if she was in some gymnastics competition.

She was in the same tree as Oua.

He caught her familiar scent and perked up instantly. Looking down at her, he pumped his tail like a fist and blessed his luck. He peeked down, to see that she was taking a rest from whatever she’d been doing earlier, and he knew that now was a good time to get some play time in. He slowly lowered the tip of his tail down to her branch, keeping it behind her until he grabbed her and gently lifted her off the branch in a playful manner. “I got you!” he said as he poked his head down in a playful tone of voice.

She jumped a little bit, but when she saw Oua’s face, she sighed in relief. “Hi, Oua,” she said, “You almost scared me there.”

“Oh, I’m ssssssssso ssssssssorry, Emi,” he said as he put her down on the thick branch below him. She dusted herself off and he lowered part of his body down to get a look at her, marveling at her slender, fit physique, which he knew she got from living in the jungle, like more of her kind should be doing. He had a soft spot for jungle humans, as they had embraced their wild origins and returned to nature. At least, that’s what Emi told him. “Sssssso, what have you been up to, lately? And how issssss your ssssssibling Kanye?” He looked her over. She was just as athletic as he remembered. And for some reason, that made him tense up just a tiny bit before he lowered his tail down to her to cover his tracks.

“Not much,” she replied. There honestly wasn’t much that brought her there. “Just swinging around.” She watched as his tail gently came down from above and wrap around the back of her shoulder.

There wasn’t much to do on the island, period. That didn’t mean Emiemi was bored all the time. She relaxed a little bit while Oua rubbed her shoulders gently. “Kanye’s been doing okay. What about you?” she asked.

“Oh, not much,” he said while moving himself around her. “I’ve jusssssst been hunting and eating. I had a niccccccce, fat pig not too long ago. It wassssssss deliccccioussssss. Don’t worry, like I alwaysssssss ssssssay, I won’t eat you. You’re my favorite hypnosssssssisssssss ssssssssubject.”

She rolled her eyes. He was a typical predator, really. Luckily, all the times he met her, eating her was so out of the question it was stupid to even ask. She watched as his tail moved from her shoulder to her midriff. He squeezed her abdomen, remarking how firm it was to himself, while also squeezing her bicep. He tensed up again when he thought about how those biceps could squeeze the life out of him. Again, he shoved the matter out of his head and tried to cover his tracks.

“Are you alright?” she asked.

He snapped back to his senses and noticed her concerned face. “What’sssssss the matter?” he asked soothingly. “You look tensssssssse. You sssssshould have ssssssssome fun!” He wrapped his tail around her midsection and gave her a little spin. She shrieked while he dipped her, and spun her around again, which almost made her fall off the branch. But, his tail kept her safe and secure on the branch, so she didn’t fall off. But she didn’t particularly like what he was doing right now.

“Hey, take it easy!” she cried out. “Please don’t make me sick to my stomach like that. And if you’re going to wrap your tail around me, at least ask before going crazy, please!”

“Oopsssss, sssssorry,” he said as he stopped what he was doing and let go. “I wasssss jusssssst exccccccited, isssss all.”

He draped his tail around her shoulder and pulled her a little closer. But upon noticing she was a little uncomfortable, he eased up a little bit. He could see that she knew what he wanted, but was a little nervous, just like he was. “Realxxxxxxxx, Emi,” he said.

“Um, I’m not quite sure I’m ready for that just yet,” she said. She knew what he wanted and she wanted it, too. But she preferred to do it when she was ready and on her own terms. “But I do trust you.”

“Of courssssssssse,” he said as he lowered his tail down to her waist and started massaging her midsection. He’d already figured her intentions when she didn’t leave earlier… and because he’s done this to her before and she has enjoyed it, a lot.

She sighed in disappointment, since she thought she’d given him his cue. She did like the feel of his scales on her skin, though. She sighed contently while he massaged her. But she wasn’t particularly happy about the location, so she removed them and moved it to her midsection. Well, he must’ve gotten the hint because he tightened his coils around her midsection, pinning her arms to her sides. She was surprised at this part though, and even more so when he gently lifted her off her feet and let her dangle in the air, all while giving her a reassuring smile.

“Emi,” he said soothingly. “You know I wouldn’t do anything you don’t want to do. You can trussssssssst me.”

Multiple rings of colors radiated from the center of his eyes, filling up her vision. This was something she definitely liked, and it was his hypnosis. Emiemi was about to tell him she trusted him, but the colors filled her eyes before she could say anything. She began to feel relaxed until she realized she needed to say something. “I already trusted you,” she said, “Can you please put me down on the branch?”

Oua chortled excitedly at those words. “Of coursssssssse, I wasssss jusssst about to,” he said softly as he placed her slender body on the branch. He kept trying to draw her deeper into it, as he saw that she was resisting, although he wasn’t cross about this. She always liked to resist to get more enjoyment out of it, and seeing the rings struggling to flow in her eyes was a good sign for him. “Relaxxxx,” he gently sang. “Take a resssssssst, take a ressssssssst, give yourssssssself to meeeeeee and let me do the resssssssssssst.” Despite how creepy it might sound, remember that this is consensual and she likes it when he does and says this.

“Okay,” she said out of reflex. She still wasn’t hypnotized, and she was waiting for him to start wrapping her up. Still, her mind was starting to get a little hazy from the hypnosis.

His coils working their way up her body felt wonderful as the hypnosis deepened. She was beginning to get to a point where it was too late to stop, but she didn’t care. She was already enjoying herself and the hypnosis. It felt nice and relaxing like a mental massage that made her want to do what Oua asked her to do. She felt his tail pass over her chest but she didn’t want it to stop.

His squeezing was tight, but snug. She felt amazing, but kept on staring into his eyes. Unlike her mother, who usually ended right here, she wanted to keep going until she was ready to give up. She felt like she wasn’t quite fully under his spell, anyway, why should she stop right now?

He chuckled upon see how receptive she was to his hypnosis and how she was trying to enjoy it as much as possible. He knew she wasn’t going anywhere and would be under his spell soon enough, and he didn’t have to rush things. So he set his hypnosis to a solid, even pace. He could see that, judging by her serene, yet dumbfounded and blank expression, that he didn’t have much longer to go. But she was going to drag this out as much as possible, and he would happily oblige. More fun for him, anyway.

His tail continued to creep up her body, drawing her deeper and deeper under his hypnosis. Her thoughts were going blank, and the warm, relaxed sensation in her core was feeling even better. His smooth body fit snugly around her form, although she gasped when it reached her bust, but she relaxed when it continued on. Knowing that she was getting ever closer to falling off the edge, he chuckled and brought his face closer to hers. “Jussssssst a little more,” he sang eagerly as his tail approached her neck.

He was so close to her eyes she was being bombarded with his hypnosis. It was practically impossible for her to resist for much longer. With the combined efforts of his tail and hypnosis, she fell deeply under his spell. She sat there with a silly grin on her lips, all wrapped up and ready to obey Oua’s suggestions.

“Are you ready to have sssssssssome fun, Emi?” he asked.

“Yes, Oua,” she replied in a dreamy monotone, “What do you want to do today?” There was a lot she wanted to do, but so long as she independently did not want to do it, she would follow Oua’s instructions. This was how his hypnosis worked.

Emiemi didn’t answer, but waited for the snake’s instructions. She wasn’t some helpless slave, since she is a willing subject and is in no danger except in the case of attack. But even then, she can defend herself. Still, she definitely wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. “Are you ready to follow my inssssssstructionssssss?”

“Yes, Oua,” she said, eager to follow his suggestions and instructions. She was particularly excited this to do his bidding this time.

He lifted her up and placed her standing up on the branch, at which point he beckoned her forward. She obeyed his instructions, walking closer to him mindlessly and enthusiastically. He gently sang to beckon her to come to him, but he realized he wasn’t ready, so he put the tip of his tail on her forehead to stop her before she fell off the branch. “Hold ssstill, please,” he said.

Emiemi waited for Oua to prepare his coils. When she was ready, she stepped onto them and walked along the smooth, fleshy feeling scales. His voice seeped into her mind, and she began to feel as if it was getting harder to walk along the coils.

She followed the tail, slightly on autopilot while Oua moved his tail around to change the trail she was travelling on. She walked sideways, upwards, downwards and in whatever direction Oua could think of. Occasionally she stepped onto a branch,

Emi fell backwards onto the tail and slid down it like it was a slide. She whooped and hollered all the way, having the most fun she’d had in a long time.

The slide came to an end and Emiemi stopped on the branch where Oua was waiting. She let his tail partially coil around her, stopping around her midsection and tightening, to keep her arms pinned to her side. She closed her eyes and giggled like a little girl as Oua’s tail stroked her chin.

“That was fun, Master Oua,” she said, the first time she’s called him “Master” (but does not mean she wants to be his eternal slave). “What do you want me to do next?”

Oua chuckled, but the way she addressed him was a little… distressing. “Emi,” he said. “I already ssssssaid, don’t call me ‘Massssssssster’. You’re having assssss much fun asssssss I am, after all, and we’re jussssssssst friendssssssssss. Jusssssssst Oua issssss fine.”

“Okay, Oua,” she said.

“Now then, what issssssss that thing you humansssssss do with your feet?”

“It’s called ‘dancing’, Oua,” said Emi.

The snake contorted around her, humming his interest. “I’ve never ssssssseen it before,” he said. “Can you ssssssshow me?”

“Okay,” she said. She bent her knees and started to perform. The dance she performed was a haka, a powerful Maori dance that took Oua by surprise. Not helping were the loud chants and stomping of her feet on the branch. The snake rolled his eyes, but continued watching until she finished her dance. When she was done, she stopped of her own volition and turned to him. “How did it look, Oua?” she asked eagerly.

The snake wasn’t sure what to think, and that in turn, made Emi a little nervous. “It’ssssssss… niccccccce,” he said.

Emi pouted, but it didn’t do much to change his mind. “Is that it?” she asked. Remember, hypnosis isn’t mind control, so she doesn’t have to like when he isn’t pleased.

“I sssssssupposssssssse my tassssssstessssssss are to blame,” he said, wrapping his tail around her waist and arms. “But, let’sssssss come down from the tree.”

“Okay, Oua,” she said, switching back into obedient subject mode as he lowered her down to the ground. He followed several minutes later. He raised his head above hers and beckoned to her to follow him. She did so obediently and eagerly. He also wrapped part of his tail around her waist for various reasons, one of them being to keep her from losing him in the thick brush. The other was a bit of possessiveness regarding his hypnotized catch.

She followed him for several minutes until they reached a clearing. He let go and let her stand around in the clearing. Her breathing was nice and regular, much like when she’s asleep. He could easily tell she was calm, relaxed and ready to have some fun.

“You’re a ferocioussssss wild cat,” he said. “And you sssssssee ssssssssomething encroaching on your territory.” He pointed at a log. “What are you going to do?”

She promptly played along, getting down on all fours, snarling and growling at the log. She leapt for the log and effortlessly swatted it out of the clearing. Oua stared in surprise for a second before looking back at his subject.

“Ssssplendid!” he said. “You sssssssssure ssssssssshowed it!”

Unfortunately, her expression changed from the usual blank-stare-goofy-smile to obvious concern and hurt, something he didn’t expect. “Were you not impressed, Oua?” she asked.

“No, no, of coursssssssssssse not,” he replied. “Could you jussssssst be a little lessssssss aggressssssssive?”

She stared at him with an incredulous look. He didn’t say anything either, but he took the opportunity to look her over from head to toe, marveling at her slender frame, lean and athletic tone and build. She was definitely built for the jungle life, and aside from a few scars and bruises, had only continued her parent’s legacy as great island jungle heroes. He couldn’t help looking from her well-kept nails to his own anatomy and in doing so, only angered her more.

“Are you kidding me?” she huffed. “You’re afraid of me!” The spirals disappeared from her eyes.

“No I’m not!”

“Yes, you are!” she insisted, angrily marching towards him with her finger pointing at his head. “You don’t trust me, do you?”

“Of coursssssssssse I do!” he replied.

“Bullshit!” she huffed. “You look pretty human for a snake! Look! You’re recoiling from me!”

“I am not! You’re jusssssssst paranoid and don’t trusssssssst me anymore!”

“Oua, I trust you with my life and my mind,” she said. “I like it when you hypnotize me. It’s relaxing and fun. I get to let go for a few hours while someone else plays with me. I love it when you wrap me up. It’s like a big hug from you, telling me that everything’s going to be OK and I can relax. Why don’t you trust me?”

“I do trussssssst you!” he said. “I jusssssssst think you’re too ssssssstrong for your own good.”

“Too strong!?” she laughed. “I’m too strong!? Oua, you could squeeze my breath out and crack my bones if you weren’t careful or you had enough of me! Sure, I could snap your neck, but I won’t! You’re my friend, Oua. I trust you. Now you have to trust in me. I don’t want to kill you. In fact, I’m more than willing to save you if you need it.”

Oua opened his jaw to speak, but didn’t. The longer he stayed silent, the more frustrated she got. It got to a point where she stomped her foot, turned around and stormed off. “Emi, wait!” he called.

“Fuck off!” she replied. “You don’t trust me, why should I hang out with you?” She kept going until she disappeared into the brush.

He hissed in frustration, smacking himself on the head with the tip of his tail, angry with himself not only that he lost one of his best subjects, but that he also lost a friend. Hanging his head, he slithered off to the brush to be by himself.

As much as he hated to admit it, she was right. Trust was a two-way branch. And he was at least a little afraid of her and her strength. That was a big no-no. He sadly climbed up the tree and up to a higher branch that he could wrap himself around so that he could brood to himself.

He certainly prided himself on being a bit of a trickster. She knew that. She also knew that he could crush her body with no effort. And yet she trusted him with her life and mind, as she already pointed out. So why couldn’t he trust her? He knew she had to be strong not just physically, but mentally in order to survive in the jungle. The fact that she lowered her guard to him out of sheer trust was unbelievable. And yet she did.

And because he couldn’t trust her, for some reason he couldn’t figure out, she wanted nothing to do with him. He didn’t blame her for that, though. If he couldn’t trust her, why should she? Human emotions were strange, and he cursed himself for being born with them. Local legend said the reason some of these animals had human skills like speech and emotion, was because of Divine blessings. He could certainly do without it.

He sat in the ball of his coils, wallowing in self-loathing, misery and non-clinical depression for a while. He couldn’t tell time, so he wasn’t sure how long he was like that. It was definitely for a long time, because the sun sat and he fell asleep.

Unbeknownst to him, she had the same issue. After she walked away from him, she sat down in the trees and thought about how he could have trust issues. After carefully considering his words, she came to the conclusion that he had a point. Reaching out, she grabbed a piece of fruit to examine it. After considering his words, she easily crushed the fruit in her hand.

She wasn’t a big, burly bodybuilder, but more like a dancer/swimmer/runner/martial artist/general athlete with a girlish appearance. It was supposed to be intimidating to enemies. But to some friends, it might not be. She cursed herself for getting so angry at him like she did and rubbed her forehead. “I’m a jerk,” she said.

“But he should’ve trusted me more. I mean, I could’ve eaten me any time he wanted to, and he never did it. Why did he have to get so nervous about me when I’m risking my life to be hypnotized, and—SHIT!” she groaned and laid her head back against the tree bark. “I didn’t trust him either. Man, I really am a jerk.”

As much as she liked to admit she liked getting hypnotized, her nervousness around him at times really betrayed her feelings. He made it clear over and over again that he never wanted to eat her, just have fun with her, and for her to have fun with him. And she blew it with her lack of trust for him.

She needed to apologize. But with it already being nighttime, there wasn’t much she could do. So she made a temporary nest out of sticks and branches, curled up inside and went to sleep.

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Oua woke up the next morning to bask in the sun. He raised and the lowered his head, assuming that Emi was wrapped up in his coils. He was disappointed to find out that wasn’t the case. He sighed and retracted his head back into the ball of coils.

The Jungle passed him by. Monkeys, birds, cats, and other animals scampered by. He was not hungry, so he didn’t move to get to them. But he knew none of them would be any fun to hypnotize and play with. So much for having someone to play with. His boredom and misery came back as he remembered that he blew his chances with his best human friend and hypnosis subject. It was certainly his fault.

Before long, he must have attracted attention. A good-sized ape/monkey landed near his branch. At first, the monkey was unaware of his presence. But after smelling the air, he turned and screeched at Oua. Instead of doing something, Oua sat still on the branch. Normally, this wouldn’t result in anything. Another animal judging him to not be a threat would leave him alone, and he would do the same. But not this time.

The monkey hopped over to him, grabbed a stick and poked at his eye. He didn’t do anything. The monkey sneered and giggled, saying, “Well, well, well, the fearsome Oua is sad! What happened? Did a prey escape your evil clutches?”

“No,” he said. “My friend left me.”

The monkey guffawed. “How could you have friends!?” he laughed. “You capture your prey with your evil spell!”

“I’m jusssssst doing my job,” Oua replied. “I’m what the humanssssss call a ‘predator’.”

“But now you’re a sad sack,” he said. “And Gigi the Monkey Lord will teach you a lesson!”

Oua had heard of Gigi the Monkey Lord. He was… not very nice, to say the least. Gigi called out to the jungle and soon, more monkeys made their way to his branch. He tried to shrink himself away from their taunting chattering, but it was of little use. They pointed and laughed at him before making menacing faces.

One of them lunged at him. He swatted it away with his powerful tail. Even if he was in a rotten mood, he was still one of the strongest creatures in the jungle. And he was going to teach these monkeys a lesson if need be.

They attacked him en masse. And he fought back hard, swatting them away, grabbing them with his mouth and tossing them aside. But they kept coming. And while his scaly hide was hard enough to resist their claws, their scratching and biting hurt regardless. He thrashed about to get them off, but it was of little use. There were too many of them! And Gigi’s menacing giggles were like a taunt. He had no one to help him right now.

That is, until he heard the call of the Mighty Jungle Hero, his wife and daughter. No, the first two were not coming. But he recognized the voice as belonging to the human he screwed up with the previous day.

Emi swung in on the vines, landed on the branch and drew her knife at the monkeys. “Leave him alone!” she shouted.

“Emi!” he called.

“Emi!? What are you going here!?” Gigi shouted.

“I’m here to save my friend!” she replied. “Do you trust me, Oua?”

“Yesssssss, I do,” he replied as he rose from the ball of coils. His expression changed to his usual proud one, this time with a bit more menace at the monkeys. With a big swipe of his tail, he knocked some of the monkeys off the branch. Gigi lunged for Emi, who was more than ready. She caught him and tossed him off the branch. But he swung around and landed behind her. In her moment of blindness, he readied to kill her. But not before Oua grabbed him, lifted him up and tossed him off the branch. He managed to save himself, but he angrily shouted at her that he was going to get Oua someday.

“Bitch, please!” Emi taunted, twirling the knife she didn’t have to use before sheathing it. Next thing she knew, Oua had wrapped his tail around her midsection, pinning her arms to the side and pulled her closer.

“Thank you, Emi,” he said. “I could have handled them mysssssself, but I alwayssssss appreciate assssssisssstanccccccce. I apologizzzzzzzzze for not trussssssssssting you when I sssssssssssshould have. It issssssssssss my biggesssssssssst regret of our friendssssssssssship.”

“You’re welcome,” she replied, patting Oua’s head. “And I want to apologize, too. It turns out I didn’t trust you as much as I should have.”

This caught Oua’s attention. He looked at her incredulously before smiling again and lowering her down to the branch below him.

“You don’t trusssssssssst me?” he asked, lowering his head down to encircle her. “Why, whatever do you mean?”

“I mean, I recognize that you could eat or kill me whenever you wanted,” she said. “And that I would be helpless to do it.”

“That’ssssssss undersssssssstandable,” he replied. “But, I have done nothing to break that trussssssssssst.” He wrapped a tail around her shoulder and nuzzled her. “Haven’t I?”

“No,” she replied.

“Of courssssssssse, I underssssssssstand,” he said. “You have every reassssssssssson to fear me. But I asssssssssssure you I am gentle. I jussssssssssst sssssssssssssaved your life, after all.”

“Thanks,” she replied genuinely. “And you’re welcome for me saving yours.”

“Of coursssssssssssssssse,” he replied. “I guesssssssssssss we’re even.”

“Yeah, I guess so,” she replied.

“But, I want to know how I can get your trusssssssssssst back,” he said, before curling part of his body in a loop and wrapping it around her head, blindfolding her. She yelped at first, but stabilized herself. She stood perfectly still as Oua continued. “I ssssssssssssolemnly ssssssssssssssswear that I have good intentionsssssssssssss when I entrancccccccccccce you,” he said, his voice soft, reassuring and filled with honesty. “You are sssssssssssssssafe under my sssssssssspell and in my coilsssssssssssss. If you need reasssssssssssssurancccccccccccccce, I can asssssssssssssssure you that I will protect you when you need it, and I do not want to harm you. Our relationsssssssssssssssship issssssssssssssss built on mutual trussssssssssssst. And I do not want to break that trussssssssssssst. You can trussssssssssst in me.”

Emi gulped. Her heart was beating fast, not out of fear, but of excitement. Oua smiled as he looked at her. He knew what she wanted. “Trussssssssssssst in me,” he said. “And I will keep you in good coilssssssssssssss.”

She removed the part of his body from her head to find herself face-to-face with him and his spiraling eyes. The colors easily captured her. Already surprised by how quickly here over his tail, she had no chance when the rings started flowing in her eyes. But she didn’t bother to fight and instead of looking surprised, her expression was neutral. She was still going to enjoy this, though. Obediently, she sat down with her arms drawn in, with her hands in between her legs. He followed and kept his eyes close to hers, singing his reassuring song. His tail dipped down and began to slowly wrap her up. Once she felt the scales on her bare skin, she relaxed a little more.

Her expression was slack-jawed, but focused on his eyes. The colored rings reflected in her eyes and she reacted when he moved back and forth. Her heart began to beat a little slower, and her calm expression showed she was receptive to his hypnosis. He kept singing his induction song, slowly wrapping her up, squeezing tightly and snugly at regular intervals. She didn’t react, and soon, her midriff was wrapped up in his tail. His encouragement seeped into her mind, and she, with the help of her own free will, kept from falling asleep. She was met with his smile and colored eyes swaying from side to side, making her follow him. She could see his excitement and satisfaction in seeing that she was turning into putty in his coils. But as his tail crept up her abdomen, she didn’t care.

“Trussssssssssssst in meeeeeee,” he sang. “Take a resssssssst, take a ressssssssst, give yourssssssself to meeeeeee and let me do the resssssssssssst.” She was letting him do the rest. He moved backwards. She followed him, moving forward. He moved forward, she moved back. He gently but firmly and snugly squeezed her, making the cloud in her mind thicker. Her expression changed into a light smile, showing that his hypnosis was working.

And she felt amazing. It was like a mental hug and being hugged by the snake. She wanted him to keep going, so she resisted as he kept it up. He noticed this and slowed his coiling down as it reached her chest. She gasped as it slowly wrapped around her bosom. But she wasn’t going to stop now. She wanted to go all the way, deeply under Oua’s spell. Her resistance was slipping, and in its place came a desire to obey Oua’s suggestions.

He noticed this and increased the power of his rings. She was nearly on autopilot by now, but she kept her eyes on his. His snug, inviting coils tempted her to give in and let him take over. But she didn’t want to just yet, even as the snake’s tail reached her shoulders and slowed down. “I’ll keep you ssssssssssssafe, my ssssssssssweet ssssssssubject,” he said as he wrapped his tail around her neck and squeezed, making her eyes bulge out.

Oua gently sang his encouragement with his voice also shuddering in anticipation. He knew he was going to have a LOT of fun with her. He could also see that resistance was falling away, and so he gave the Jungle Girl another burst of colors to finish that resistance off. Her resistance to the hypnosis faltered and she instantly fell under Oua’s deep, deep spell. Her mouth curled in a giddy, wide, goofy smile as she waited for the snake to give her his first instructions. “Be honesssssssssssst,” he said. “Do you trussssssssssst me?”

“Yes, Oua,” she replied.

To see, he lifted her up and set her down on the branch. He gestured for her to come hither, and she did, closing her eyes and walking obediently along the branch. He didn’t do anything, but he waited until she was at the end of the branch and almost dropped before he effortlessly caught her. “You’re ssssssssssssafe with me,” he said.

“Thank you, Oua,” she said, eager to start another fun session with the snake. And in the end, all that mattered was trust.