Explanations

"Professor Musslemen, you said that trigger phrases and subliminal messaging are just stuff for movies and hypo comedy shows, and in real life, you can't really get people to do stuff they do not want to do. Correct?"

"Correct."

"So there is no way, for example, I or anyone else could have implanted messages in your mind to do stuff you would not want to do."

"Yes, that's also correct."

"So if I were to tell you to take your hair and down and fluff it up, and you did it, it would only be because you wanted to, and I'd have nothing to do with it?"

"Yes, look." Ellen reached up and took her hair down from the tight bun on the back of her head, and she fluffed her hair up. "See, I did that because I wanted to. You had nothing to do with it."

"And if I said remove your blazer, and you did it, same thing?"

"Yes." Ellen stood up, removed her blazer, and hung it on the back of her chair "See, I wanted to do that."

"And if I suggested something really absurd like removing your blouse and bra, and you did it, I'd have nothing to do with it?"

"Yes, even something totally outrageous and absurd like that." Ellen removed her blouse and draped it over the back of her chair and did the same with her bra. She sat back down. "There would be no way I'd let a student do that to me."

"Of course," said Jake. "You are correct."

Ellen leaned back with a smug look on her face. Her arms were on the arms of her chair and her bare chest was exposed. "Yes, I think we established that."