[ He jerks as sharply as his disobedient muscles will allow, and the strangled noise that comes out of his throat was surely part of a scream. The way every nerve has a brand pressed to it can offer no other response, even for him. It lasts only the moment that Heinrix allows, but it’s still a tiny eternity, and it buzzes in his brain as it just as quickly fades.
He struggles to catch his breath after it, but still. He laughs. It’s shaky and mad in the way that Heinrix has surely caused before, but it’s different in Drukhari than in humans. Humans laugh in the face of torture because they don’t know what else to do. A Drukhari laughs because it’s rote. ]
And kill the Rogue Trader’s favorite—
[ He has to pause, to fill his shaky lungs with more breath, but it helps with the effect, albeit completely unintentionally. He sneers, teeth gleaming with his own blood, practically spitting out the word. ]
—pet?
[ Yet even punctuated, there’s no shame in it. He’d been insulted by it early in their partnership, but now? He knew how it bothered others far more than it bothered him. He’d be her pet just to watch their skin crawl. So, he clicks his tongue, tutting mockingly. ]
No… I don’t think you will. Much as you’d like to.
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He struggles to catch his breath after it, but still. He laughs. It’s shaky and mad in the way that Heinrix has surely caused before, but it’s different in Drukhari than in humans. Humans laugh in the face of torture because they don’t know what else to do. A Drukhari laughs because it’s rote. ]
And kill the Rogue Trader’s favorite—
[ He has to pause, to fill his shaky lungs with more breath, but it helps with the effect, albeit completely unintentionally. He sneers, teeth gleaming with his own blood, practically spitting out the word. ]
—pet?
[ Yet even punctuated, there’s no shame in it. He’d been insulted by it early in their partnership, but now? He knew how it bothered others far more than it bothered him. He’d be her pet just to watch their skin crawl. So, he clicks his tongue, tutting mockingly. ]
No… I don’t think you will. Much as you’d like to.