There is a stark difference between defiant men and broken men. He can tell by their eyes, their postures, their words, and their expressions. A defiant man will have righteous anger and bold confidence stamped on his features; a broken man looks resigned to his fate. His captive is close to breaking. So many days trapped in the dark with only pain for company makes for an efficient way to extract information.
The other prisoners are in similar positions: either brave to the end or ready to shatter. He knows that even the most courageous of them can be ruined, but it's simpler to focus on the ones on the brink. And so he watches, the cogs of his mind turning, turning, turning as he devises a new strategy. The prisoner he's observing now is shouting, screaming- Anything else, they yell. Anyone else.
He smiles.
It's short again, alright? Page limits... I hate those.
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KurzgeschichtenYou are a captive. They'll get nothing out of you, not a single word, because you'll die before you tell them anything. He is determined to break his captive- he needs the information and he'll find out what he wants to know by any means necessary. ...
