"I have a few questions." Said Karen. "Well, more than just a few I suppose."
"Go on..."
Karen had phoned Mrs Lix, a few days after she'd first discussed her idea with her.
"Well..." Karen paused. She was obviously troubled, but she didn't want to hurt or offend her friend. She found the question she was looking for, and took a breath.
"Is this... Ethical?"
"No. It's not, but..."
Mrs Lix giggled. She was pacing up and down the room as she spoke.
"You should see the kind of porno he watches, and the stories he likes reading. It's always the same. Upskirts. Underwear. Knickers. Facesitting." Mrs Lix counted off on her fingers, waving her arm as she held the phone to her ear with her other hand.
"Yeah." said Karen. I know a lot of guys like that." She sounded amused.
"But there's more" said Mrs Lix. "There's nearly always an element of coercion, of being forced. Of being stuck. Unable to escape. And then there's this thing. He..."
"Go on." said Karen.
"The idea of somehow being - I mean it's like this huuuuuuge underwear fetish, but I think the idea of somehow turned into a pair of knickers really turns him on. The lixnix thing is about as close as we can get in real life."
"So it sort of ticks all his boxes" said Karen,
"Yeah. Although I wonder how he will feel if I make his dreams come true."
She sat down in a chair and continued, "So, anyway, I can sort of justify what I'm doing."
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
"Do you get this sort of stuff, when you're doing the dominatrix thing. What is it? Lady... Lampshade?"
Karen exploded with laughter.
"Nightshade! Lady Nightshade!" she said through gasps of laughter. "Lampshade? Where on earth did that come from?"
Mrs Lix blushed. "Ha ha. Sorry." she said, grinning. "It's the L's I suppose."
"It's OK." said Karen. "And yes, I get those kinds of things all the time,"
She considered. "Never had them all at once though." she added.