Boswick then adjusted a wide leather belt around Marcy’s narrow waist. He buckled it in front and pulled it tight. Then, although she could not see it, she felt him attach a chain from the overhead arm to the back of the belt and then tighten that a bit. This additional enhancement accomplished three things: it immediately took some of the weight off Marcy’s wrists and ankles, it provided a stabilizing point to prevent wild gyrations of the body that was in the suspension and it raised her mid section to an almost horizontal position that would make expelling the anticipated impalements much more difficult.
The drive motors for the overhead arms whined again and the prong pressed Marcy’s portal, shoved the lips aside and drove directly into the dark, warm cave that Marcy hoped would not b
