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After
a
while
,
they
leave
you
alone
,
curled
around
your
wounds
.
They
always
do
.
It
gives
you
time
to
think
about
what
they
have
done
to
you
,
more
importantly
about
what
else
they
have
not
yet
done
.
The
fevered
imagining
of
what
is
still
to
come
is
almost
as
potent
a
tool
in
their
hands
as
the
heated
irons
and
blades
themselves
.
When
you
hear
them
returning
,
the
echo
of
footsteps
induces
such
fear
that
you
vomit
up
what
little
bile
you
have
left
in
your
stomach
.
Imagine
a
satellite
blow
-
up
of
a
city
on
mosaic
,
1
:
10
,
000
scale
.
It
’
ll
take
up
most
of
a
decent
interior
wall
,
so
stand
well
back
.
There
are
certain
obvious
things
you
can
tell
at
a
glance
.
Is
it
a
planned
development
or
did
it
grow
organically
,
responding
to
centuries
of
differing
demand
?
Is
it
or
was
it
ever
fortified
?
Does
it
have
a
seaboard
?
Look
closer
,
and
you
can
learn
more
.
Where
the
major
thoroughfares
are
likely
to
be
,
if
there
is
an
IP
shuttle
port
,
if
the
city
has
parks
.
You
can
maybe
,
if
you
’
re
a
trained
cartographer
,
even
tell
a
little
about
the
movements
of
the
inhabitants
.
Where
the
desirable
areas
of
town
are
,
what
the
traffic
problems
are
likely
to
be
and
if
the
city
has
suffered
any
serious
bomb
damage
or
riots
recently
.
But
there
are
some
things
you
will
never
know
from
that
picture
.
However
much
you
magnify
and
reel
in
detail
,
it
can
’
t
tell
you
if
crime
is
generally
on
the
increase
,
or
what
time
the
citizens
go
to
bed
.
It
can
’
t
tell
you
if
the
mayor
is
planning
to
tear
down
the
old
quarter
,
if
the
police
are
corrupt
,
or
what
strange
things
have
been
happening
at
Number
Fifty
-
One
,
Angel
Wharf
.
And
the
fact
that
you
can
break
down
the
mosaic
into
boxes
,
move
it
around
and
reassemble
it
elsewhere
makes
no
difference
.
Some
things
you
will
only
ever
learn
by
going
into
that
city
and
talking
to
the
inhabitants
.
Digital
Human
Storage
hasn
’
t
made
interrogation
obsolescent
,
it
’
s
just
brought
back
the
basics
.
A
digitised
mind
is
only
a
snapshot
.
You
don
’
t
capture
individual
thoughts
any
more
than
a
satellite
image
captures
an
individual
life
.
A
psychosurgeon
can
pick
out
major
traumas
on
an
Ellis
model
,
and
make
a
few
basic
guesses
about
what
needs
to
be
done
,
but
in
the
end
she
’
s
still
going
to
have
to
generate
a
virtual
environment
in
which
to
counsel
her
patient
,
and
go
in
there
and
do
it
.
Interrogators
,
whose
requirements
are
so
much
more
specific
,
have
an
even
worse
time
.
What
d
.
h
.
storage
has
done
is
make
it
possible
to
torture
a
human
being
to
death
,
and
then
start
again
.
With
that
option
available
,
hypnotic
and
drug
-
based
questioning
went
out
the
window
long
ago
.
It
was
too
easy
to
provide
the
necessary
chemical
or
mental
counterconditioning
in
those
for
whom
this
sort
of
thing
was
a
hazard
of
their
trade
.
There
’
s
no
kind
of
conditioning
in
the
known
universe
that
can
prepare
you
for
having
your
feet
burnt
off
.
Or
your
nails
torn
out
.
Cigarettes
stubbed
out
on
your
breasts
.
A
heated
iron
inserted
into
your
vagina
.
