[Crow hates this more than he's ever hated anything, and that takes a lot of hate. But it's too late to stop now. He's committed. He can't take it back, no matter how badly he wants to.

So he keeps it up. And then finally it's time for the next phase -- Rean's left completely alone for three days. No injections, no manhandling, nothing but the food and water shoved in the door and left for him. The question they're testing is: how much will Rean do to get his fix? How desperate will he be without it, and how well can they control him with it?]