"He did?" Max is horrified. He knows his master can and does use violence but it still hurts to know he used it on a friend.

For the first time, curiosity is overpowering Max's caution. He knows Erik and Dasiy spent hours talking in private. Erik considered her more an equal than he ever did Max, so he must have shared more. Max always told himself he was content not knowing. But is he really?

"What... kind of things?"