"Pain's their license for any fun. Not in Nature--just in people. And
what--incidentally--is your feeling about that?"
"Being hurt? I'd hate it."
"Me, too. Hurting, then?"
Her wary eyes decided. She raised a shoulder and let it fall. "What
would you do if a guy who loved it asked you to beat him? If you knew
it was the only kick he could get out of life? If he brought you a
switch--"
"--just like the kind his mother used--"
"--and begged you?"