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[lw'nafh]

// Continuation of last post, yes, I know it's delayed. ._.//

Delexis was restrained with some kind of frame, his arms outstretched, over the many voices in the room he could hear -one- that stood from the rest - the calm, almost sweet but commanding voice of the Emperoress.

"Waking up? Finally... You, are a lucky one. Soldier. You killed your Commander for no obvious reason, that alone is enough for us to have you gutted and hung by your entrails... No... We have something -better- in store. YOU will become the most effective possible ship commander, you see.... You see, you will have an artificial intelligence..."

She ran her talon down the top of his head, down his snout...

"... Implanted... Here."

The Emperoress didn't speak to him, like she did the others, she spoke to him like a criminal, or worse. A traitor... His only response to her action was a snarl, bearing his teeth and pulling on his restraints.

"I'm no traitor... He was the one going to se- Argh!"

One of the surgeons had already begun the process of removing his left arm, sawing into his shoulder, then across. The Emperoress looked at him and giggled, before turning around to leave, swinging her hips with each step.

"And you were such a... Promising soldier... Sad, isn't it?"

He couldn't speak over the pain, they hadn't given him any anesthetic, he could feel every movement of the steel against his flesh, and then the searing heat of their machines when they sealed his new, mechanical arm to his skin.

"Now hold still..."

Next was the implant, there was little to be felt after they had opened his skull, due to the fact there is no pain receptors in the brain, he blacked out for a brief moment, before he heard the voice of what would be his only true friend over the next several centuries...

Greetings, Commander.

He didn't respond, unsure of what was happening, but the worse was yet to come, they proceeded to remove the area around the sockets of his eyes, and then proceeded to remove them. He couldn't help but scream under the pain, trying to remove himself from the restraints, unable he soon gave up... And then went blind.

Delexis next woke inside a cell, an energy barrier between him and the world... As he woke, instead of his eyes simply opening, they seemed to boot up, like a machine. Very slowly he could see everything, even his guards outside the room... Through the walls... He slowly raised his hands to feel the sockets, instead of feeling flesh, he felt steel. His sockets had been replaced with frames, and once again he heard that voice...

Sleep well, Commander?

He lied on his side, unresponsive... Waiting until he was deployed...

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