Imagine you're sitting on a couch, with your ankle shackled to one of the legs. You're sitting there, just like you always do. You can watch TV or read the newspaper or whatever. What you can't do is leave the couch.

So you test the shackle. The chain is securely locked to the couch's leg and you can't slip your foot out of it. Whereas before you were just sitting on the couch like you always do, now you're a captive -- because you have proof. You know you can't go anywhere, because you've checked.

You need to feel Dominance to know it's there. You need proof. So you test it, just as the person in my example tests the chain.