It was not quite deadpan, her voice, but it was hammered flat. Clipped and cool and tightly controlled.
"Because they could. Because it is step one of a larger plan. Because they were curious, because it would further their goals, because they found it amusing or arousing or simply wished to see what they could do with red lyrium and an abomination. Perhaps they found it educational, perhaps they were attempting to make a weapon of him or testing the process to ensure it could be replicated. They were experimenting for a purpose- we may never learn what it is. Speculation is not going to help us in this." All it would do is sour their already dour mood further. What more could be done? What more could be lost?
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"Because they could. Because it is step one of a larger plan. Because they were curious, because it would further their goals, because they found it amusing or arousing or simply wished to see what they could do with red lyrium and an abomination. Perhaps they found it educational, perhaps they were attempting to make a weapon of him or testing the process to ensure it could be replicated. They were experimenting for a purpose- we may never learn what it is. Speculation is not going to help us in this." All it would do is sour their already dour mood further. What more could be done? What more could be lost?
What made the most sense?