d not have her brain damaged. If this were to happen, she would be left with nothing, nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide from her pain. After realizing what pain she could possibly be heading for by throwing herself around in such ways, she ran back into her mind, hoping to escape any damage that might be done to her. Still, in the end, her brilliant brain, lying in its shell-pink satin case, could not save her from the pain. It couldnt stop the physical pain of her injuries and it couldnt block out the reality of the real world. She felt it had failed her by allowing her to be violated by such hurt as the good Dr. Nicholas had inflicted upon her. It could not even shut out the fact that she would one day have to return to the world in which everyone else lived. She lay there, in horrible pain, with what she now referred to as her treasureless head. Pansy believed her brain to be so superior to all things; she thought it could shut out the real world for the rest of her life. When she realized it could not do so, it suddenly lost its worth....
