“Well it’s killing me,” Wank shouted, unsure if it
was true, though his body shook and his limbs sagged as if
water logged.
“I believe I can maintain you for quite some time,”
the creature answered. “There are still many places to visit
in your mind that do not exist.” The voice echoed in his
skull alongside the incessant dripping that bounced a
mesmerizing melody through his brain.
Tendrils of thought snaked around, caressed
memories from the body of his life like some cruel lover’s
touch intent on evoking personal pleasure from another’s
pain. Images of past agonies flashed passed so fast Wank
gasped, confusion having set in as to where, in time, he
might exactly be.
Ping. He cowered in his mother’s alcove, the left
side of his face still stinging from Rahsik-ba’s backhand as
he dragged her out by the hair.
Ping. He hung like a limp boar carcass from chains
in the Pit, his back flayed, his mind void of anything but
pain.
Ping. He shrunk deeper into the shadows near the
worg pens, shunned and envious of his broodmates as
they worked with young wolves. The shadows that
answered his call began to gather around him.
Wank heard an audible gasp and his mind abruptly
returned to the damp cavern of his current captor.
Stabbing pain entered his right eye and shot past the back
of his throat. His eyes flickered open as orange waves of
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