An Impenetrable Fortress

Lugus stared in terror at his bloody wounds, then at the dreadful dolls in Tosh's hands. He nodded frantically, as though he wanted to say something, but his overwhelming fear made him unable to control his volume. In the end, he could not force out a single word, his whole face turning red from the strain.

He struggled for a while longer before finally going limp in the bathtub, panting heavily. In a low voice, he said, "Please... please... let me go..."

"Of course, I can let you go." As Tosh spoke, he took out two more dolls. "This is little Guani, and this one is little Mauro."

The tip of his butterfly knife lightly swayed above the head of the doll that belonged to Mauro, Lugus's son.

Lugus's eyes flew wide open. He wanted to struggle, but he no longer had any strength. Tears immediately streamed down the grown man's face. "You... please let me go... How did you find my wife?"

"You thought I was looking for answers when I questioned you just now?" Tosh sneered, pointing at Lugus's forehead. "Actually, I already knew the answers. And you were wrong. I'm not a Jedi Knight."

"I'm just a network maintenance worker... You're an important person... an important person... Right! A Jedi Knight, you must be a Jedi Knight! Sob... Why would someone as important as a Jedi Knight come looking for me...?" Lugus sobbed incoherently.

Only after the words left his mouth did he realize that Tosh had already answered the question he wanted to ask. Lugus stared in utter terror at the burly Black man before him. He had completely broken down.

Tosh took out a tiny storage device and placed it beside the bathtub. With a flash of his blade, all the ropes binding Lugus were