"No... I've never really been able to put people back together. Sometimes they repair themselves somewhat. Otherwise, they make good projects. Good servants, too, in some cases."
"Hm. He's not the first person I've broken, but this may be the most extreme and unusual case. I'd quite like to observe him, see what functions he retains and how this could develop." Carab retained his disturbingly gleeful smile.
Her pain released. Tayen sat up, looking around. When his eyes landed in her, his gaze was chilling. He was expressionless, emotionless. The love and care that had been in his eyes before when he looked at her was nowhere to be found.
Against her will, she found her muscles locking and spasming from pain, unable to move her toward him. "I'm sorry. That was only a slight possibility, but I had to try. The cost of science, you see."
He still had a pulse, but was completely dead to the world, face a mask of suffering.
"He's just in... well, a lot of pain. Significantly more than you were in, I'd guess, given how long it took."