Kane forced his expression into a mask of bored indifference, even as the footage twisted his stomach into knots.
"Cute slideshow," he said, voice steady despite the electric agony coursing through his body.
"Really drives home the whole 'tragic villain backstory' thing you've got going."
Elias's smile faltered slightly at Kane's dismissive tone.
"You see their suffering and feel nothing?"
"What I see," Kane replied, fighting to keep his voice level as another wave of voltage made his muscles spasm, "is a desperate wolf playing with toys he doesn't understand."
He fixed Elias with a steady stare, ignoring the way his vision flickered.
"So what's the goal here? All this torture, all these experiments—what exactly are you trying to achieve? World domination? Revenge fantasy against Cyrus? Or are you just bored?"
Kane's voice grew harder despite the pain.
