Pain was familiar to Faith. Back when she was a trainee, her muscles ached nearly everyday. She got fractured or dislocated bones so often that it had seemed weak to use that as an excuse to skip combat lessons unless she was literally incapable of standing. It was even weaker to weep about these common injuries, and so Faith also got used to hiding pain. The Special Missions Group trained them for every possible situation they could face in the act of espionage and assassination. Even torture. That's why their officers in charge tested them to their wit's end; their officers overworked the trainees and even deliberately starved or dehydrated them while still expecting them to perform better than what was expected of them. Faith could go days without eating. She had experienced dehyd