Knife-Edge shook his head slowly. "That wasn’t us," he told her. "That was barbaric and primitive. Dangerous, too. There’s always the chance the subject will die before breaking. A weak heart, a brain aneurysm ... so many things can go wrong. We’ve updated the procedure. The, um, persuasive benefits of torture without the physical risks." He chuckled, the sound sending a shudder through Sly’s body. "Why damage the physical body at all when we can directly access to the mind?" He reached out and gently touched Sly’s datajack with a fingertip.