With a thoughtful gaze, Maeve taps her chin. “I saw a pair just like that at Risqué Business. They have a padlock. And you have to open the padlock with your tongue,” she says, and she’s totally serious. “That’s a whole new form of tongue exercise,” Fable remarks. “Yes, and if a man can open a padlock with his tongue, I’m not sure I want to resist him,” I point out. “That’s sort of the point of the panties,” Maeve stage-whispers.

