"It's really not that hard to coexist with these people. Some just forget that shame is a privilege." Like her lord and a bunch of other void-touched.

"Ah... new to BDSM, are you?" Ianthe chuckled, bringing her hand up to run a golden phalange along the leather of her collar. With Peony's earlier questions about Ianthe's voice to be submissive, it has sounded like she understood.

"Dominance and submission is a dynamic in intimate relations where partners adopt roles where there is a power differential. One partner, the Submissive, relinquishes control or submits to the Dominant for the scene, se ual encounter or sometimes even the relationship," Ianthe explained. "It tends to involve kink negotiation or other agreed upon boundaries."