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She hated it; but she nodded and turned, closing her eyes and flattening her ears. She did not know what to expect in terms of sensation. Her heart raced and she braced herself for the pain and the immense feeling of wrong that she knew she would feel. 

But in death, she had seen her fate. She prayed she would feel nothing at all, convincing herself that it would be short, and that this must be endured in order to free herself.