The Master's Child
Poking it into the lock, a quarter of an inch or so, gives me the traction to bend the end of the pin slightly to the left.
A second pin, folded back on itself, gives me my lever. I'm ready. To push it inside the lock... apply pressure to one side... and...
Nothing happens. The pin won't enter the lock.
?
I push harder, prodding, then stabbing with my improvised lock-pick.
It won't go in.
WTF?
Doubling over, twisting to the side, craning my neck to see, I peer at the keyhole of the padlock... Then, at the tell-tale smear, draw a fingernail over the slight roughness.
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