The short assistant spread herself on the table, face down, carefully positioning the saw blade between her legs. The Magician stepped up, and pushed one of the buttons on the motor casing, and the blade started spinning. "All right, Hitomi," he said over the whine of the saw, "the rest is on remote- hope you're ready!"

"Ahhh!" the woman shouted, not unpleasantly. "The table's vibrating- it tickles!" As the saw edged closer to her body, she laughed. "Okay, the wind from the blade's hitting me in a fun spot now!" She kicked up her legs, squirming.

To be continued...