He didn't react to the provocations. Taunting never really got to him. Sometimes he was a bit suprised of his own coldness in these situations, but in the end he saw it more as a blessing than a curse.
The words she said after however, were the ones he decided to go into. "Of course i know who you are, Nina." You have made yourself quite infamous around our men."
"But no matter, you are here now."
He kept standing in front of her in a calm, unthreatening way. "Games i do not play." "If you want to say nothing to me, that's fine." "I have no personal quarrel with you." "You may hate me, but i don't hate you."
His tone then changed slightly, almost unnoticably more grim. "But i will tell what will happen then, and don't take this as a threat from me but an honest truth."
He took a deep breath, as it suddenly felt harder for him to speak. "I will report to FregattenKapitan Stahl i could not get anything out of you." "Will he be angry at me? For sure, but it will be nothing compared to what he will do to you."
"You know what he did to his previous prisoner Nina?" His voice went more silent just thinking back of it. "He skinned that prisoner alive... alive!" "And... and.." He stumbled again over his words.
Even someone as calm and calculated as him could not erase that image he was forced to witness a few weeks back.
A very rare event happened that day. For a very few seconds, fear was seen in Gunter's eyes.
He shook his head real quick and managed to get himself slightly back toghether. He continued, still in a silent and slighty frightened voice, as he was talking to himself. "...And the worst part of that was Nina, he didn't let him die... no... He let him rot in the cell with his wounds."
"Days of screaming until his body finally succumbed." "For this prisoner, death was a sweet release."
His voice finally got back to normal, he could act himself again. "What i'm trying to say Nina, there are worse fates than death." "And i would hate to see another one sharing a similar fate."
"If you are able to help me, i will see what i can do to make your punishment lighter." "No guarantees though. The final word is still to my Commanding Officer."
"But if you are convinced that i'm bluffing, i will not waste anymore of both our times and you are free to find out yourself."
