For power to be exchanged there must be a conduit through which it flows. That conduit is the

 For power to be exchanged there must be a conduit through which it flows. That conduit is the bond of trust that connects a Man and those that SUBMIT before Him. Never forget that, at the end of the day, D/s is about that bond between Dominant and submissive, its creation and its maintenance. for all else flows from it.