Friedrich - Helping out

Alexander and Friedrich are standing at the stable.
Inside an enclosure there are a bunch of piglets.

Friedrich had removed the ties, so Alexander could follow him.

Now it's their task to kill some of them.
Maybe three should be enough for now.

So, are you already excited?

Yeah, we're killing them for real. It's not just a game now. I've always wanted to do this.

It's nothing special when you got used to it.
You know, I've helped my father from a very young age.

Can we do it like in our game?
First remove their legs, then the arms, then... the dick and then cut their throat?
Or maybe we should only remove their heart?

Sorry, but we'll only slice their throats. Nothing more.
This way they will lose blood quickly and won't feel a lot of pain.

Oh, that's boring. I want to do it slow!

You'll be able to cut their legs and organs off afterwards.
I think, that should be enough.

Alexander doesn't seem satisfied.

But in case you want to cut something off as long as they are alive, you could help another time.
You could cut off their balls.
We usually do this at a young age, so they won't reproduce.

What!?! Really?
That's so cool.

Yeah, but now we have to slaughter them properly.
Just take one out and cut the throat, okay?

Alright...?

Friedrich hands a knife to Alexander, Alexander takes it.

Alexander reluctantly enters the enclosure and bends down to grab a piglet.
It's more difficult than he thought. They all run away.
But after a few tries, he gets one.

He leaves the enclosure and sits down.
Friedrich hands him a bucket.

Try to get its blood in there.
Don't worry if you fail. The blood isn't that valuable.

The piglet seems pretty cute to him now.
He never thought of them to be cute, but now he holds one in his hands.

What are you waiting for?
Just cut the throat!
There's not much that could go wrong.
Just try to get it it deep enough, so it will die quickly.

Alexander starts to like the piglet.
It moves and even looks at him.
He's scared of killing now.

Do you want me to show you first?

Yeah...

Friedrich also gets himself a piglet, then takes a bucket and immediately cuts its throat without hesitating.
The cute innocent piglet didn't expect anything, and then it just dies.

The blood is flowing into his bucket.
And soon the cute piglet is lying dead in his arms.

Alexander is almost getting mad now, but he knew that was going to happen.
He even wanted it himself.

So, now it's your turn.

Alexander holds his knife at the throat of his little piglet.
But he hesitates to cut it.

Just do it!
And don't hold back. It will only be more painful.
Or are you getting scared now?
I can do it as well.

Friedrich laughs.

No, I'll do it myself!
I know how it is.
Sometimes one creature just has to die for others to live.
Or in this case for us to have delicious food at least.

Then Alexander immediately pierces his knife deep into the throat of the piglet and slices it.

Yeah, you get it!

Most of the blood spurts on his clothes first.
But then he is able to put the bucket in the correct place to make it flow into the bucket.
Alexander is so busy worrying about the blood, he only realizes the piglet being dead, when the blood stops flowing.

Well done!

Alexander is kind of sad now. It all went so fast.
A few seconds ago it was still moving, now it's just lying there motionless.
He just killed it. It's dead.
But it's good how it is.

Friedrich has already put his own dead piglet aside by now.

I guess you would like that, too.
Let me try it.

Friedrich, sitting next to Alexander now, pulls him toward him, making him lie down on his lap.
Then he holds the knife at his throat.

For real?
You wouldn't do that, right?

Friedrich giggles.
Alexander isn't completely averse to the idea.
The thought of Friedrich doing it for real is really intriguing.
But honestly it would be too fast to him.
He wants it to be a real excperience.

Hey, stop it.
If you do it, you have to do it slow.

Uhm... okay...

Friedrich puts the knife away and just strokes his head.
Alexander is happy.

So, just one more. Then we can have a nice dinner together.

They'll still have to be cut into pieces, right?

I think my dad will take care of this.
Except you really want to do it yourself.

No, the killing itself was enough for today.

I thought so.
But I guess you're right. We won't get to eat them yet.
I'm sure my mom will cook something nice anyway.

Oh, okay. I'm already looking forward to our sleepover with Daniel.

Me, too.
But we're not finished yet.
Do you want to take care of the last one?

Oh, sure!
I think I'll get used to it.
Thanks for letting me participate.

This time Alexander doesn't hesitate that much.
He doesn't even try to enjoy it. He just wants to be done and leave again.

Having a sleepover will be more fun after all.