"Alright," Tess says. That's the end of that, then. All their plans are in place, and it's all gonna get ugly from here. She beckons Ellie closer, and takes her by the wrist to gently guide her hand into the vice. Not for real yet. A walkthrough, for now:

"I'm going to lock you in position here, because it's going to hurt like hell and you're going to want to run, or fling your arm all over the place, or try to get it off. But it has to stay. Thirty seconds, maybe a whole minute to get the deepest spots," she warns. "You have to be ready for that. It's going to be painful."