The audience played another, very important role. For a price, they were allowed to ‘rent,’ the submissives. They could take them off the Institute, normally for a day, and essentially do whatever they wanted as long as they returned them in the same condition.
Alex was subject to this more then a few times. He’d normally end up being pushed around town in a stroller, play various games or have them played with him, and generally be shown off. Most of the people who did it wanted to be seen doing it, and would invite friends, or even have parties where he was essentially the entertainment. They’d all crowed around him, cooing and seeing if they could make him blush. This, to the trainers, served a few purposes aside from making more money.