I realized, in that horrible moment, what he was doing. He was doing it to me! He was… brainwashing me, or reprogramming me, or whatever it was. I knew it was linked to the spirals on the desk, that pattern. I had to look away. But they were so beautiful, so pretty… I just wanted to look at them a little longer.
“Yes, good girl, Andrea.” The doctor said, smiling evilly at me. “Just stare at the pretty spirals a bit longer, let them sink into your mind…”
“I… uh…” I said. My mind was racing. Such beautiful shapes, so pretty… the spirals going round and round, boring into my mind. It would be so easy, so nice to keep looking at them…
“You don’t need to know the specifics, Andrea, but Kate and I have been very busy.” Dr. Matthews said. “As it turns out, I used to have an animated computer program, but- the spirals can be embedded anywhere. Any image, any picture, can be turned into reprogramming device. Isn’t that interesting?”
“Uh… nuh… no…” I said. I wasn’t even able to think. I could feel myself disappearing, feel myself being swallowed up by the spirals, the wonderful beautiful spirals that swung back and forth, back and forth, owning me, taking up my vision…
“You should take off your shirt, Andrea.” he said. Slowly, mechanically, I took off my shirt, bringing my hands up to my nipples. I didn’t know it yet, but my hands did…
He was my new Master.