torture is TOTALLY the funnest. like a party. but instead of confetti there is blood everywhere
[ a hand comes up to wave dismissively as helix talks, as if trying to dispel his jabbering. ] I am a Mentat first and a man second.
[ it's true— such was his conditioning. it failed in some respects, of course, for a mentat is still always a human, but it's a half-truth that he's come to believe. it's evident even in his expression and posture that he believes it, believes it in lieu of dwelling on his human body and human emotions and all of the flaws that come with them. ]