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I think in my slave fantasies, it would be assumed that I don't get credit. Slavery isn't like having a career where I expect to grow into a better position; it's a role that is based on my exploitation. The idea of growth is one of the trappings of life as a "person", not "property" such as myself.
Me working hard isn't proof of my ethic and suitability; it's proof that the head slave has been keeping me appropriately busy. Rather, if my master were to find out that I had time that wasn't being spent serving him, that would probably get the head slave punished. If I'm working hard, that just means things are going as expected, rather than that I'm deserving of any reward other than to not be locked up in a punishment cell for a week.
The gag is an emblem of that. My mouth provides no value to my master, therefore it is sealed away. I don't need to speak; I only need to grunt and nod to affirm that I have understood my orders. The ability to speak is not something I am to earn with hard work, but rather something that I am to accept that I will not have, probably ever again.