Just lie down on the table here, Amos. There. Nice and comfy?    (Click!)(Clank!) (the sound of the manacles being secured)

Now we will start the pendulum. Ka-chink!

Creakkkk...........Creakkkk..........Creakkkk............

In a few hours, Amos, you will discover what it is like to live in two realities at once, a bifurcated existence...try to enjoy watching the pendulum's hynotic motion as the blade ever so sloooooowly descends toward your solar plexus.