[ strangely enough, no amount of bucking and kicking seems to be displacing Abel's weight - in fact, he is a man of sudden and inexplicable balance and strength!! it's almost eerie, really, how dispassionate and unaffected his expression remains as he mercilessly and whole-heartedly

tickles

the shit

out of this fellow grown man, ]

It's time to repent and find the glory of God in penance, my son. Your torture shall be the vehicle through which you will find redemption, Amen.