Regaining consciousness, Manutaai found himself alone in an interrogation cell, his wrists visciously strung up by chains. He was trapped inside a force field where if he made a move, he would be subjected to nasty electric shocks. He did not know how long he had been there and did not remember how he got there, thanks to the drug administered to him. Unknown to him was the tiny, microscopic capsule of acid poison, complete with a detonator, implanted under the soft flesh of his upper arm.
Talokta did not want to take any risks and find the special elixir that Manutaai still had in his bloodstream might not complete its task because of the possibility his Cathexistome could successfully try protecting its host. Upon activation of the acid poison capsule, it would take about fifteen to tw
