All the nerves in his body were nothing but hot wires, coursing with voltage that threatened to burn out his mind.All the nerves in his body were nothing but hot wires, coursing with voltage that threatened to burn out his mind. The sensory burnout sustained itself until he felt he could take no more; incoherent from pleasure, he could only be buffeted about by the storm raging around and through him. Mi- nutes, hours . . . he did not count time. When he at last knew him- self again, the flame lamps were nearly dark, and his Lady was in a state similar to his own -- asleep on top of him, covered in her own sweat and his, exhausted. |