Face twisting as Shannon tried to imagine something in the vein of helping out, he asked, "But they'll still be some kind of clothes, right? Leather?" he appended, trying to sound casual. He couldn't help it if he loved the feel. Plenty of people did. No matter what the price ended up being, he figured that it was definitely a matter of quality over quantity. His wallet could weep all it wanted.

Although Shannon was completely unaware of Eli's reputation, he wouldn't be overly surprised at the attention. From what he understood, the D/s community was as vain as any other could be, where the prizes to show off for everyone to oooh and ahhh at was your partner rather than something a little more inanimate. Stares had never bothered him for an obvious reason; as long as people didn't get in his and Lacey's way, he honestly didn't mind. It felt damn good to have people appreciate you even if they had no idea who you were.