Making a mental adjustment to his surroundings took no more time than opening his eyes; he'd been dreaming Dr. McAllen had dropped him into a snake pit and was sadistically dangling a rope twelve feet above his head, inviting him to climb out.
"Gone Fishing"
James H. Schmitz
He smiled-rather sadistically, Trigger felt-and added, "Till they've lived through one of them, that is."
"Legacy"
James H Schmitz