The look immediately reminded me of that which encloses a fan blade, a device constructed to prevent one from accidently touching the blade.The look immediately reminded me of that which encloses a fan blade, a device constructed to prevent one from accidently touching the blade. She came around to my front, raised her hands to grab this thing on each side and adjust it into position. Her eyes met mine briefly and she smiled again, this time a knowing smile. She said simply that "this was for my protection". She fit the bottom spokes of the cage into the holes in the ring encircling my neck. The wires of the cage must have been spaced closer together behind my head than in front, for I could barely feel but a few over my face. She adjusted here and there by some unseen mechanism, and I could feel the cage-like device come to assume the same shape as my head. The cage-like spoke wires essentially followed every curve and camber on my head. I found that I could no longer push the insert out of my mouth for it was held in place by the two small metal rods that ran out the corners of my mouth, presumably attached to the cage-like affair enshrouding my head. I could bring my jaw closed just enough to swallow, thank goodness, for my mouth had started watering from the presence of the insert. I was appreciative that the material in contact with my teeth was soft and rubbery, causing me no discomfort beyond the fact of keeping my jaw apart. With her done playing with the device on my head, I experimented moving my head about. Because of the cage and ring's unique construction, it was still possible to swivel my head, but the ring around my neck, obviously a mechanical affair, only allowed about 15 degrees movement in any direction. My head simply would not go beyond that imposed limit. This seemed odd to me, the whole experience seemed odd to me. I was rigidly strapped to a metallic tubular frame in a sort of spread eagle position, my arms outstretched, hands inserted into some sort of gloves and held in a peculiar position, my head encased in a wire cage, but allowed to move about. |