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Søren brought Zach to another hallway--this one strangely silent and eh quiet, it was far more colorful and elaborate than the other more nondescript hallways and rooms Søren had shown hiant S&M scenes, soraffiti One door had a faux coat of arriffin Zach had no doubt whose room that was They stopped before a door painted only ords

"‘We’re all mad here,’" Zach read the famous Alice in Wonderland quote aloud that was scrawled across the door in Gothic lettering "I think she’s right"

"There is a method to our madness Sadomasochisists it is an object of study rather than derision One in ten people are said to have experih I would be surprised if the nuher"

"I would be in that nine"

"I’ if not persuasive" Søren s but he found alar

"She won’t talk me into this" Zach waved his hand at the ominously closed doors

"Everyone should try it at least once S&M has a curious effect on those who practice it" Søren sounded professorial now "The Doe of testosterone while the submissive experiences a euphoria that has been likened to the effects of opiates But for most of us the physical sensations are the least of e do this"

"Why do you do it?"

Søren paused and seemed to consider the question

"To call what Eleanor and I had ‘bliss’ would insult it Owning her, dohtest coe inless than complete and utter possession is unacceptable…that is the purest joy"

"But she left you," Zach reminded him

"Disobedience is as much a proof of authority as obedience You cannot be a rebel without acknowledging a government You cannot be a heretic until you are first a believer And I could leave the priesthood, but I would still be a priest The church would endure with or without me Some vows are e," Søren added and met his eyes for a o But she will return Still, I iine it isn’t si, is it?"

"The hierarchy is disturbing Woainst such treatment for hundreds of years and yet here--"