1. Please introduce yourself.
I never introduce Myself. Those who are in the same room with Me know who I am and why they are there. But since I'm not in the same room with you, and I happen to be a self-serving, exhibitionist of a narcissist, I don't mind talking about Myself. I am Mistress Alex, also known as Severine Feist. I have lived as a lifestyle Dominatrix for the past decade, and have been a ProDomme in Manhattan for three years. I've lived on this island for the last five, and I adore it. I've given you photos, so I won't describe Myself further in physical terms, nor will I ever encapsulate Myself for anyone, beyond the trivial collection of facts above. I expose My thought process most in My writing, and in My BDSM interactions. Anyone who wants to know more about either of these will have to read My Web sites: MyRealityPlane.com and SeverineFeist.com.

2. What is the cruelest thing you have ever done to someone?
I've left them alone. Making someone cry out in pain or with tears, or making them bleed or become streaked with welts and bruises is not cruel when it's something the recipient craves and/or needs to reach a better, truer, higher plane of reality. Digging into someone's psyche and ripping through layers of bullshit to help them get to a deeper, more instinctual existence, no matter the difficulty in reaching that place, is not cruel, it's the most merciful thing I can do. Therefore, not benefiting someone with My methodically consciousness raising methods of torture is the cruelest thing I can do to anyone.

3. How do you know when you have truly broken someone?
I can see it in their eyes, in how dilated their pupils are, how focused their stare is, how often they blink. I hear it in the texture of their voice, how loud, or soft, or steady it is, and in their choice of tone and inflection. It often also expresses itself in less subtle ways, such as in a change of pulse and body temperature, a display of tears or a use of specific language. It's something I can't fully explain to you, because it happens differently with everyone. Some are broken temporarily, and will revert to their "normal" state after leaving My presence, while others have been taken to a deeper place, where they'll exist until they have the strength to go further. Still others are transformed permanently immediately following the first time they're in My presence.

4. What is your favorite way to humiliate someone?
Humiliation is a means to an end. The word humility lives inside humiliation, and humility is something I value greatly. As I've intimated above, applications of humiliation vary from subject to subject. I enjoy having certain subjects repeat specific phrases to Me in a falsetto, or crawl around on the floor at the end of My leash toward no apparent purpose or destination, or lick My boots top to bottom, or wear panties (if they're a man), or expose themselves to Me while I stare at them laughing. I also adore spewing obscenities during any of the above. I don't find any one of these things more humiliating than the other, the level of humiliation varies with context and mindset. My strongest means of delivering humiliation is verbal; the times I stretch a subject's boundaries the most are when I touch upon a particularly sensitive emotional nerve, and consistently jab away to its breaking point.

5. What are some telltale signs of weakness?
Insincerity. Making excuses. Being rude. Feigning ignorance. Not taking responsibility for oneself. Saying "mercy" too quickly and too frequently. Not tears, however; I find tears to be a great sign of strength in a submissive/masochist. Anyone who can cry in front of Me has found a way to reach a rare and vulnerable place, and is not afraid to be exposed in that way, which I respect a great deal.

6. How do you go about exploiting someone's weaknesses?
I expose it as soon as I see it, in a very direct way, and I don't let up until they admit to it and apologize for being the way that they are. Then I deconstruct it, and explain to them what their body language and syntax reveals. I don't consider this exploitation, however, because it's for their own good, and I always know best.

7. What is your favorite thing about being truly dominant?
The adrenalin rush I get from exposing My inherent power. When I am at My most dominant, I am most truly expressing Myself, and it feels so good to be in that place.

8. What are some of the many things that make you better than those around you?
My confidence. My brain. My talent for making people enjoy abuse. My sense of humor. My latex collection.

9. Scientists have found that the major sub-interests of Dominance/Sadism are:
Administrations of Pain, Bondage,Humiliation, and Dominance. Which of these are you most drawn to?
I'm drawn to aggressive physical and/or mental discipline, which takes infinite forms, but if I had to choose one of your words, I'd say Dominance. Unfortunately there is an extreme deficiency of scientific exploration into the the subject of BDSM, so as a rule I ignore what scientists have to say. They are merely trying to lump people into categories in order to explain away behaviors they don't understand, and couldn't possibly because they've never experienced them.

10. What do you find truly sexy?
I adore it and get completely turned on when a subject falls to his knees in front of Me in public. It's only happened to Me once in a truly public environment, though it happens consistently in fetish clubs, which doesn't have nearly the same impact. Intelligence. Humility. The celebration of femininity (in a man or a woman). Complete surrender and trust in Me. Being called Ma'am or Master. I also like Goddess or Mistress, but since I hear those much more often they've turned vanilla.

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