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"Pain isn’t always something to avoid, Doctor."
Even as James is saying it, Laura feels the pieces clicking into place, suddenly making sense. She somehow manages to continue the conversation until she can flee somewhat politely, although her mind is involuntarily rewinding the last week.
Robbie’s seemingly out-of-character remark about some people enjoying spanking.
James’s incomprehensible comment about her objections to his relationship with hairbrushes.
Robbie’s inarticulate protests about her assumptions, when she ordered him to examine James for tearing, and suggested a more generous application of lubricant in the future.
James, not able to sit down.
Oh, dear God...