She moved to my ballet-toed boots and inserted a small Allen ‘key’ onto the outer side of the left shoe portion then slowly turned it. Inside, the wide rings that my toes had slipped through, drew down onto the sole even more than they already had, and kept them all completely motionless, then did the same with my right foot and toes. She moved again to the leg and torso clamps and released their locks so that my legs fell down to lay straight and close together, then locked the joints, keeping them that way. I now began to feel the overwhelming constriction of the ankle and wrist cuffs most strongly, and even though I couldn’t move my legs or arms she added short, gleaming, stainless steel chains between the inner rings of my ankle cuffs, then other short ones of the same type between my

