....The Holding cell was systematically different from the detention center.
—major difference being that the latter was used to punish cadets when they offended, and the former was for actual prisoners.
Enemies to the academy or the empire.
The room was filled with different aether runes, pulsating in a deep red light.
Each one was interconnected with one another leading to the biggest one on the ceiling, above the head of the Shade Stealer.
On the floor, middle of the room—kneeling— bonded with six red glowing chains, all of which was spread out in opposite directions— was the Shade Stealer.
In this binding position, all nerves in the body had been restricted.
In fact, aside blood flow that was most necessary for survival, it is rumored that the formation in this room slowed down thought itself.
At such a time, the aether neurallinks flicked.
Just once.
A seed, like a grain of rice fell on the ground, before the eyes of the Shade Stealer.
