There were two parts for each leg, two for each arm, two for the lower body, two for the upper body, and a three part head piece. Down each side of all the joints for the parts was a finely machined and formed fitting with small holes spaced every half inch. I thought that bolts could always be removed and so its permanence, for me, was hard to believe... at that point. The parts for my legs were actually ballet toed boots and the arms were full gloves, but the last and most scary part was the full, head covering helmet and face mask, complete with an attached, high, neck-encasing collar. Naturally, the collar portion had rings at the front and back.
I stared at this shell with horrified fascination, knowing that it would be vastly more confining than anything she had yet required me to w
