Further exploration.

"I agree," Joseph said hastily. "This has been interesting but I want the old Kat back."

Kat blinked twice and looked around in shock. "I... whoa, that was a trip. I was so quiet and shy! I wasn't just acting, I really felt like that!"

Joseph pulled his hands away from her chest but she snatched them and put them back. "No need to stop now," she said with a grin.

Kate spoke up suddenly. "This is really fascinating. If we could find a way to harness and control your gift it could revolutionize mental health treatments! Of course, in the wrong hands it could be downright apocalyptic."

"How do you know it's not already in the wrong hands?" Joseph asked, only half-joking.

"It looks like you've got your hands full already," she smirked. "Besides, you definitionally can't misuse it, since getting everything you want is the most important thing. I know that it's only the influence of your gift that makes me say that, but it's still true."

He paused his gentle rubbing and raised an eyebrow. "Wait, you know you only think that because of my power? Then how can you think it's true? How can you hold both beliefs in your own mind - that my needs are the most important thing, but that that belief is artificial?"

Kate frowned as he resumed his light fondling. "It's hard to put into words. I don't believe that your needs are the most important thing - I know it. I know it only started after I touched you and I can reason out that it's artificially imposed by your gift. That said, it's simply true. It's a universal truth that I only discovered once I touched you."

Beth nodded in agreement. "That's a good way of putting it. Of course it's true, and of course we only know about it because you touched us. It's just a fact." She grinned deviously. "Speaking of which, I'm sure you have more on your mind than feeling up Kat. What's next?"

He shrugged. "What if I want it to go away? That's something I want. Would that work? Kat, I want you to stop feeling that way."

Kat's eyes went wide and she sucked in a breath. For a second, she held it, then released a low, pained groan. Her hands shot to her head and doubled over. He withdrew his hand quickly as she clutched her head and started to shake.

"Whoa, whoa, Kat, it's ok, I don't want this! This isn't what I want!" She stopped abruptly and sagged limply into his arms. "Kat, are you ok? What was that?"

She sat up and he saw her face was streaked with tears. "Please, Joseph, please... don't ever do that again. You don't really want that, do you?"

"No, no, I don't! I just wanted to see if it would work and it didn't. I'm so sorry, Kat!"

She sniffled and offered a weak smile. "It's ok. You have nothing to apologize for. That was pretty unpleasant, though."

He sighed. "God, this is so stressful. I hate seeing any of you suffer! I never asked for any of this. If the old you could have seen this she would have been horrified. Kate, what can we do to make sure that never happens again?"

Kate was lost in thought. "I'm not sure... I think you may have already taken care of that." She reached over and pinched Kat's nipple hard. Kat looked down in surprise but didn't react. Encouraged by this, Kate slapped Kat hard across the face.

The nude woman was shocked. "Ow! What the hell? That- huh, that didn't hurt." She rubbed her cheek gingerly. "That didn't hurt at all! Why didn't it hurt?"

Kate smiled. "Joseph said he didn't want any of us to suffer. Watch this." She reached over and pinched Beth's forearm hard.

Beth laughed. "Watch it, bitch!" She punched Kate in the chest, and Kate laughed too. Joseph put up his hands in protest.

"Whoa, take it easy! Quit slapping each other around!" They immediately stopped laughing. "Look, I don't want you doing anything to hurt each other. In fact, I want you all to be friends and like each other."

Kate grinned. "You know, I just thought of something. Kat gets turned on by being controlled, right?" The petite nude woman nodded eagerly. "So do you want us to be happy?"

Joseph was apprehensive about where this was going. "Yeah, of course I-"

Kat cut him off. "I wanna feel myself changing with your whims, and I'm guessing Dr. Brown wants this." She ran her hands along her body. "You know, now that I think about it, she's a pretty good looking lady. I've never been into girls as much as guys, but she's starting to really do it for me."

Kate smiled lasciviously. "The feeling's mutual. I think to make Joseph happy, we need to make each other happy." She rose and turned to Joseph.

"So what do you say? Should we do what feels good?"