To Stephen, it seemed the battle was being fought without conscious direction by himself.

He realized that the fever was under conscious direction.

Waves flooding the deck in succession now; he moved from one line to the next blindly, his hands finding purchase for him without conscious direction.

His life could not stay in this static state, drifting without his conscious direction.

The interesting part of the wards were that they would work without my conscious direction.

His hands moved without conscious direction, drawing, pulling, loosing.

Whether from conscious direction by their commanders, or the simple flow of individuals, they would soon be curling around his flanks.

"We do have the benefit of being able to guide things by conscious direction," Maguire pointed out.

It was like the tide, a slow movement, without any conscious direction, which pulled them inexorably in one direction.

Together they acted by reflex born of long practice, quite apart from conscious direction of either partner.