alwaysclockwise

            "Is that so?" He murmured, gripping the
      base of his screw in an intrigued crank,
      eliciting a succession of clicks and clacks from
      the machination. "...please, do elaborate. Your
      work sounds incredibly fascinating." And straight
      up the Doctor's twisted, compulsive alley.

youcancallmefran

                      The cranking of the screw was something that came as a surprise
            to the girl, but eyes only darted to it in a wilder interest.  She’d have to ask
            about the procedure he used to insert it and what was the outcome of
            turning it.  "Well, one of the first experiments that I had done on someone
            was saving a man by taking his head and attaching it to a cat’s body.  He’s
            one of my closest companions and my lab assistant.  I’ve come very close
            to creating a serum for immortality as well and cloning is a daily occurrence,
            whether it be to continue a blood-line or of organs that I may need for later on.“