Watching Felina swinging her body back and forth,m Louise was surprised at first: how could the woman manage this after hours of pain on every muscle and sinew in her body? But she began to realize, thsi was not some idle show-off. Felina clearly wanted to get at something - get the key hanging from Louise's own breasts.

It didn't seem to quite go all the way, and Louise realized she would have to give some assistance. She dreaded what was going to happen - if it suceeded, Felina would yanbk the nipple clamps off her with the pulling weight of her entire body. It would be woirse even than having them removed with a powerful vacuum cleaner. But what choice was there?
She looked over at Felina. their eyes did not meet, but she could see the girl was working in a steady rhythm. She grunted twice in signal, and bent forward, trying to make the key swing out. Felina was turning her ghaze over the shoulder and looked: their eyes met briefly. It was not a very synched movement yet, but next time Felina swung back, she nodded back at Louise, indicating that she had seen and that they were on the right track.

Louise bent forward again. Felina stretched her hands out but the distance to the key was a few inches too wide.

Louise began beating time with her feet, trying to get close to the points when Felina would be swinging back and making a heavier thump about a second before Felina would be coming close. It seemed that Felina was having a hard time moving close each time, and Louise thought to herself that it would be better if she made a more narrow swing every other time to keep in motion without exhausting herself (or Louise, who had to bend each time without any support from her arms), and then made a harder swing the next time.