Something else Mark found surprising was the extent to which Elijah seemed to depend for his arousal on feelings of intimidation and even fear. He seemed, as he knelt, as he spread his legs, as he moaned, to be working himself into a state of awe, fascination, and worship. Mark suspected Elijah’s desires and ideas about sex were more complicated and interesting than his own. He took this as a sign that for all his unproductivity Elijah was a genuine artist, or at least a more genuine one than he. And for all his surprise Mark fulfilled his assigned role, consented to be the power-wielder, the
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