The Futility of Torture

"I don't think he'll talk." Telrrax had been proving that point to the not council member (turned out he was a very flamboyant assistant to a councilman who had been basically a living target so as to keep the real councilman safe, it had worked poorly).

"Oh he'll talk." Telrrax had been using a low power of her lightning for two hours, which helped her avoid corruption and didn't kill the idiot we were torturing, but on the flip side it was failing to produce any results.

"Any information he'll give up will be useless anyway he'll just say whatever so you stop, believe me I know." So many useless facts I've given up in torture, I actually keep a list of useless facts in my head to give up specifically in torture.

"Well I'll admit some of this is more for fun than anything else." The not councilman was in his underwear tied to his bed (no need for shackles he lacked magical power at all), he was still gagged, which made confessing things difficult.  The flesh creature guarded the door from no one, but it was reassuring he was there in case we needed him.

"You have to know he doesn't actually know where his master is right? He's useless as a target if he knows where the real guy is." I could see the look on Telrrax's face, it was one of resignation.

"You're right." The bolt lept from her fingers and the mans body ignited in a horribly grotesque fashion.

"You know I could have made sure of that right? I mean he might have known."

"No no you're right no need to second guess this." Telrrax sighed.

"We can still find the councilman, someone has to know something somewhere right?"

"Of course of course, I just hoped it would be easy you know, get my vengeance be done with this whole thing, but no no it's got to be one more bother in my schedule I tell you Trezlan revenge is so much harder than just simple murder." I had to agree even if she said it in the worst way possible.  I mean as a person who has unrequited vengeance against Morley I'm the best example of no matter how many people you kill the real one you want to kill will continue to elude you.  It was also nice to know this wasn't about a collar at all, not that I didn't already figure that since she was more concerned with finding the councilman than the collar, but still it was more obvious now and thats easier for me.