Club Dancing was a demanding skill, that would take time and training. And training cost money; so while Janet was serving her apprenticeship, she would need to pay for her keep; by providing a well paid service on the side? Alf Matlock said the demand for BDSM service was always there and paid handsomely; and penetration of the girl wasn’t always necessary; it could be a sadistic bondage role on a client by an erotically dressed Janet; could she provide that Alfie had asked of her father?
Lyra Vale, abandoned as a child and scarred by the foster system, steals food out of desperation. Caught, she's sold into "Bridled Hollow," a brutal program "rehabilitating" girls. Stripped naked and transported, she witnesses girls horrifically transformed into ponies. Lyra undergoes dehumanizing intake: shaved, examined, and forcibly fitted with restrictive leather gear—bit, harness, tail plug, hoof boots—silencing speech. Defiant Lyra is assigned to Madam Sorrell, noted for breaking "spirited