In search of a master insearch of a slave

[Terrance]

Lord Lepton was a Slave. He won his freedom. He enslaved others. 

LeSpark is only a small dealer. He's no Lord Lepton. But he is attracted
to the beautiful piece. Bit he is more than attracted to the metal
itself  and its "blinding purity." Like a gnostic mesmerized by the
throne of spiritual materialism, he denies that his small profits are
sins as he makes invisible the slave labor that turns the wheels in the
forge and grease his way through this world. 


http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon_01.htm

MAN is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the
master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did
this change come about? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? That
question I think I can answer.

Mason may be paranoid, but is he a slave? 

Paranoia and Slavery both apply to the human condition in
general in M&D.   Paranoia is simply the human compulsion to
make sense by imposing Patterns on the phenomenal experience
of the world. These patterns, no matter how elaborate or
haphazard, are how the characters in M&D make sense of their
experiences. 

Is Mason a Slave? 

In P's novels sex will often provide the answer. 


Now about Dixon?