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<span class="mu-b">”You're a feline right? I was wondering exactly what would be a good punishment for a cat. And then I thought of it- <span class="mu-i">sleep deprivation</span>. Your kind probably sleep for what, twelve, fourteen hours a day? What if I assigned a computer to keep you awake for... Oh but, look at me ramble. Tell me this; What was your mission, exactly?”</span>
“I was instructed to infiltrate your ship as a Hazaar and later, a Hazaar colony. My transponder had a direct connection to headquarters, and was recording everything; your enforcers destroyed it when they peeled off my suit.”
<span class="mu-b">”I see. Tell me about the other spies. Your administration had spies all along our proposed route? I imagine you learned of the reconquistia from the spies on Jaxt.”</span>
“I had no idea there were spies on Jaxt.”
<span class="mu-b">”Why are you lying to me?”</span>
“I am not lying. Why would they tell me the assignments of any other agents?!”
<span class="mu-b">”We could keep you alive you know. Saline and nutrient port put into your body; put a screen in front of you that flashes bright enough to pierce your eyelids. Hook the computer to find the worst sounds it can make for you- probably a screeching kitten or an very low frequency rumble; you wouldn't be able to hear it, but you'd feel it. Possibly an ancient predator. And all of us would be asleep- drifting in suspended animation. It would just be you, in here, alone with a computer. Few months at least; not allowed to sleep at all that whole time, constantly shocked awake with random intervals of bright lights and noise- no social interaction, not stimulation, no movement. You'd crack quick.”</span>
“...But you wouldn't have an interrogator. You would gain nothing from that.”
<span class="mu-b">”I would gain the satisfaction of making you suffer.”</span>
You think your proposed torturous method of execution is working. He whimpers- <span class="mu-i">Oh Mianmi...</span> Unfortunately, it looked like a spy wouldn't necessarily know what the rest of his covert operation would be doing. You're only going to get one more good question out of him.
<span class="mu-b">”One more question for you- think carefully and ensure that what you say is accurate. Remember, you should try to make me like you.”</span>
“Yes.”
<span class="mu-b">”When will the Consortium step up its actions from covert to overt?”</span>
“I-I don't... I don't know.”
<span class="mu-b">”Are you... Sure? If you're done here, we can set up your alarm system and I can get ready to hop in a suspension pod...”</span>
