[ At the tightening of Gogol's grip Sigma's sight comes back to the present, blinking into that one scarred eye. Right. Right, he can chew on what just happened when they aren't in the middle of a life or death situation. ]

It's more than I expected, actually. You've given me a good starting point. [ Among other things. But the immediate concern is now how to test if the same tactics will work on these "branded", and how to do so as safely as possible. ]

I assume you got what you wanted?