[Toby nods and frees Dorian's hands of the bath bomb to take them in his own.]

Yeah. Got to have a Dominant to let us hold a job, buy things, or basically exist in public. It's easier to do in the Down as the gangs have pushed LIES staff out, but it's not much better. Natives still don't like LIERs and Submissives still get treated like shit unless they're being led around or acting subservient to literally any Dominant. [He makes a face at that.]

It also smells awful down there. Completely underground and you can't get that kind of awful smell out of anything. [His nose wrinkles at the mere memory of it.] If you're wondering why we didn't go with the option of slightly less surveillance for the house, that's why. It's bad enough that anyone notices it, and people like me suffer.