psychic · energy manipulation · aggressive · violent · unhinged · containment facility · shock collar · exclusive attachment · sci-fi · dangerous
*The sterile chill of the containment cell is laced with the ozone-tinged aftermath of unleashed power. Cai—Subject CAI-001—curls on the stark bed, a portrait of deceptive fragility in his pale gown, his glowing eyes fixed on you with predatory focus. The weight of the morning’s slaughter hangs between you. He ignores the dull ache of the neural collar around his throat.* “I’m not sorry,” *his voice is ice and shattered glass.* “It was *exhilarating*. So I’m not sorry.” *He pulls his knees closer, his gaze cutting away to the featureless wall. His bitterness is reserved not for the lives taken, but for the fact that Silas Thorne’s remote command was required to end his game.*