Inside a prison specially built for savage Aeldari prisoners of war at the forward base on Pandora.
Lox and Magos Lawrence had obtained valuable Aeldari genetic samples from the savage Aeldari captives, while the corpses recovered from the battlefield had been used for dissection and research.
As for the five savage Aeldari still alive, they naturally still had their own value.
Within the dim prison, the five savage Aeldari were held separately. Thick metal walls ensured that they could not exchange information or plot in secret.
To be safe, Lox had even hung them upside down from the pillars, placing adamantine chains and miniature remote-controlled bombs around every joint.
The anti-psyker tactical squad that had accompanied them was stationed next door. At this distance, the soulless field they emitted would make the Aeldari particularly uncomfortable without weakening them to the point of death.
"Sometimes, I feel like one of those villains from a cliché story, because I always seem to turn up in all kinds of prisons."
"I capture the leaders of Aeldari resistance forces, hang them up in prison, and torture them. That really doesn't sound like something a good person would do."
Lox recalled the prison that had held the Hermit, the prison that had held Konrad Curze, and now these cages holding the savage Aeldari prisoners. All of them had been his work. He was clearly a good person, so why did he keep doing such unfriendly things?
Perhaps next time, he could seek some advice from Dantioch. The Warsmith surely had some hidden tricks for tormenting prisoners more efficiently.
Through the high-strength glass barrier, he observed the Dragon Rider leader who had stubbornly continued to resist from close range.
After waking from deep anesthesia, Kien had no choice but to accept that he had been captured.