（ it's a pragmatic approach, and cy only nods once, taking another long drag off his cigarette that hollows his cheeks out. ）

I'm guessing you're familiar enough with how these preferences run to understand what I mean when I say I'm not a submissive person.

（ he isn't going to offer any justification or explanation for it, he just continues after a moment — ）

I usually only do it if I'm teaching. Weirdly, it's actually easier for me to sub if I don't trust the person — and no, that's not a self-destructive masochistic thing. But trust changes a dynamic, and when it's there I prefer to dom.

（ it's not really agreement or disagreement either way on tseng's statement, it's just — a furtherance of the conversation. ）