“LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENT”: COUNSELING AND COMPROMISE. Next scene of short story. In which Irina breaks the rules for Leon, Alison breaks the rules for Irina, and we see both women doing their jobs. The basic idea, at this point: We’re watching three people who are embedded in a deeply evil system, like ticks buried in flesh. We get right inside their heads, at least if I’m doing this right. Therefore, this story is very disturbing. The second scene is the one it’s easiest to slap an NC17 rating on, but really, that scene (of sexualized violence, and vice versa) is only the most heightened representation of what the society in the story is all about. Anyway, story so far is here; new scene is here. There’s probably only one more installment.