She took her punishment over the next couple of hours with good grace. I didn't want to actually humiliate her in public; I'm not that much of a bastard. But the knowledge that I might had the desired effect on her.

So while walking around the comic book store I turned the egg up a notch, just so she was aware while walking around. We knew the people behind the counter and they were always good to chat with; it was one reason I picked the store. If they noticed anything different about Kitten, they didn't say anything. But one of them did talk to Kitten for 10 minutes about...