HARDER. Two years is not a long time in a person’s life to be without the pain that satisfies you. Or is it? Do you forget? Must you learn all over again how to internalize your passion? The Master reopens Anton’s mind and body to the angry bite of floggers, belts, whips and paddles. Through hundreds of strokes, Anton remembers just how much these familiar instruments can hurt but he also recognizes the stirrings that roar up within himself and the ultimate satisfaction he finds there.