Letting the subject of friends and family drop as seemingly unimportant, he listened as she lost herself in talk of the curse. Now he was seeing what Bella had talked about, that almost innocent desire for the pleasure of pain.
"It still takes only a short time to take full affect, but the difference is just slow enough you can watch it. And the little after shock effect of touching it to them for only a short, burst is truly delightful. Particularly when used with other spells to alternate the sensations and keep them guessing about what you're going to do next."
He kept the conversation in this vein, light and pleasant discussion of torture techniques, until they reached the house and he took his leave of her.