[He blurts the word out without meaning to, his attention suddenly and swiftly focusing in on that hesitation. The other possibilities ricochet endlessly in his mind, technology, magic, a device embedded in your skin, each more nauseating than the last— each more plausible than the last. How many times had Danarius called him in for upkeep? How many times had Fenris sat and endured endless inspections, nameless liquids hanging heavily in IV bags while prying fingers moved him this way and that…
Gods, it need not even be so subtle. Perhaps it was something planted within both he and Hadriana from the start, waiting to be used. Some extra line of code: a last failsafe from a magister eternally determined to keep one step ahead of the world.]
Tell me. What else do you think it might be?
[It’s a plea, not a command. He has to know. No matter how abhorrent, he has to face it.]
no subject
[He blurts the word out without meaning to, his attention suddenly and swiftly focusing in on that hesitation. The other possibilities ricochet endlessly in his mind, technology, magic, a device embedded in your skin, each more nauseating than the last— each more plausible than the last. How many times had Danarius called him in for upkeep? How many times had Fenris sat and endured endless inspections, nameless liquids hanging heavily in IV bags while prying fingers moved him this way and that…
Gods, it need not even be so subtle. Perhaps it was something planted within both he and Hadriana from the start, waiting to be used. Some extra line of code: a last failsafe from a magister eternally determined to keep one step ahead of the world.]
Tell me. What else do you think it might be?
[It’s a plea, not a command. He has to know. No matter how abhorrent, he has to face it.]