If a mind isn’t prepared properly when the locks are opened the individual experiences great pain, then death. Oft times it is their own mind that k...lls them.}Drivas ‘heard’ Thantas’s thoughts.{Was I close to dying? The pain wasn’t bad ‘til the last bit. Then it seemed worse than the IP machines.}Drivas asked.{What you felt was a conditioned response to that which the IP uses to program people. The pain is a deterrent to not going against the orders that are planted deeply in you.. The door to Nicola’s adjoining room had not been fully closed — it was slightly ajar. I thought for a moment, and then hoping she’d left it that way deliberately, I pushed it open, put my head around the door, and whispered: ‘Nicola, are you still awake?’ A body moved in the darkness, but there was no response. ‘Nicola?’ I asked again. ‘Yes, I’m awake,’ she replied. But she said nothing else. I wondered if Schum was with her. ‘I’d like to talk to you. Is that okay?’ There was another long. This is it, nows the perfect time to do this, so I stripped off and stood there on my blanket stark bollock naked with the breeze blowing around my ass, fantastic. I looked down at the sea, the tide was out revealing some lovely sand, it looked very inviting.....Shall I!! I thought, well I bought with me a pair of flip flops for my feet, feeling I might be brave enough to have a wander. "YES I SHALL" so I slipped them on and started to crunch my way down the shingle towards the sea. To be out. ”“I never said anything about paying you, Will. She thinks sex is boring, that it is not even worth the time to engage in it. It is all because of the men she has been with.”Will shook his head and said, “I am not even going to ask how you know all these personal details. If she hates sex so much what makes you think I could get to first base or even score a homeroom?”“Will, we have been friends since we were babies and I have seen you in action plenty of times. I know you can do this.”“And how.