Once Francis has returned and handed over the collar, Bashir gestures for him to sit beside him. "I'm going to put the collar on now and then you are going to get comfortable. Lay down on the sofa with your head in my lap, under the rather heavy but quite soft blanket."

"Once you're settled, I'm going to ask you a question or two, but other than responding to me or asking for what you need, you ought not speak."