The tortures of the next few hours were of a purely experimental and 
preliminary nature. They did not last for long and accomplished no permanent 
damage. These girls had made a living out of binding and torturing people in a 
way that didn't leave scars, and that was all they really knew. When the leader 
came up with the idea of shoving a cigarette into Nell's cheek, it was 
something entirely novel and left the rest of the girls startled and silent for 
a few minutes. Nell sensed that most of the girls had no stomach for such 
things and merely wanted to turn her over to the Fists in exchange for 
citizenship in the Celestial Kingdom.