There was a traditional technique in the world of interrogation called the fatigue tactic. Even someone who had never experienced it firsthand could probably guess what it felt like.
Interrogators used bright lights, noise, temperature, physical pain, and other methods to drag out the interrogation and repeat simple questions. When drowsiness struck, the subject could not focus and could not resist the electrical signals produced by the brain's bodily instincts, making a confession very likely.
Of course, because many people would confess falsely just so they could sleep, fatigue tactics were no longer permitted in the United States police force.
But Batwoman was not a police officer. She loved inflicting pain and fear on others.
Besides, her current methods were more like an upgraded version of the old ones. In the past, she destroyed an enemy's will through physical torture; now, she had merely switched to chemical methods. It even seemed much more refined.
Doomsday Blues did not answer her questions, and she was in no hurry. She merely performed a tracheotomy and inserted a tube whenever he was about to go into shock from impaired breathing.
Then she held that external breathing tube and continued waiting. She no longer asked questions, instead playing with him like a cat tormenting a mouse—ventilating him for a while, then cutting off the air—leaving Doomsday Blues hovering between agony and relief.
Whenever his body could no longer endure it, she used other drugs: cardiotonics, adrenaline, stabbing all of them into him. Later, to keep him alert, Batwoman even smiled as she dislocated both of the Mage's arms.
Doomsday Blues had the Thorn Bodyguard Spell. In theory, whether she performed a tracheotomy, administered injections, or broke bones, Zorn himself should have suffered hundreds of times the reflected pain. This had once been one of