"Yes, I want you to kneel." Her voice was calm, and she moved over to the tray of food to see if it was finished - she wanted to make sure the girl was happy and eating well. Scott's training of her, she sensed, had left a lot to be desired. She moved back to the girl, crouching down and cupping her cheek. "Have you been behaving yourself, Alice? Settling in well?" There was much to do still - the girl needed to be branded, and she needed her own collar, not the cheap one supplied by the auction house - Laura made sure her slaves showed clearly who they belonged to, both out of a sense of pride, and so that should she get herself in trouble, people would know where to return her to. "We don't have much time, mind, and I'm sorry if I snap at you today, it's not a good time of the month."