[ Lena sags just a fraction when he asks her to begin. She toys with her hands, lacing and unlacing her fingers slowly in a nervous gesture. ]
She was chained to a chair in a dark room. A man came in, started talkin'. He said they were in Paris, somewhere secluded where no one could hear her scream. [ She pauses. ] Not a bunker from the Crisis. Somewhere else.
[ Lena tries to cling to as many details as she can. They might not mean much to her, but maybe Jack could use them. ]
Um... [ Lena frowns, trying to remember the exact wording. ] She said Overwatch and Gérard would find her. He said that was the plan. He said somethin' like "if he had just died like he was supposed to, you could've lived out your life as another Overwatch widow."
[ Lena pauses again, bracing herself for the rest. ]
Talon agents came in. The man said they were 'tilling the soil to plant a seed.' Called it 'neural reconditioning.'
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She was chained to a chair in a dark room. A man came in, started talkin'. He said they were in Paris, somewhere secluded where no one could hear her scream. [ She pauses. ] Not a bunker from the Crisis. Somewhere else.
[ Lena tries to cling to as many details as she can. They might not mean much to her, but maybe Jack could use them. ]
Um... [ Lena frowns, trying to remember the exact wording. ] She said Overwatch and Gérard would find her. He said that was the plan. He said somethin' like "if he had just died like he was supposed to, you could've lived out your life as another Overwatch widow."
[ Lena pauses again, bracing herself for the rest. ]
Talon agents came in. The man said they were 'tilling the soil to plant a seed.' Called it 'neural reconditioning.'
[ Her voice cracks quietly. ]
Waterboarding. Probably even worse later on.