Chapter 224: Reckonings

  LUMINA   "My point," Lynn continued, pulling on latex gloves with deliberate slowness, "is that most people vastly underestimate their capacity for suffering. They think they know their limits, but they've never really been tested. Not properly."   She opened her medical bag and began laying out instruments with the precise care of a surgeon preparing for operation. But these weren't healing tools -- they were implements designed for a very different purpose.   "Now, Lyn has a fascinating ability," Lynn went on, selecting a small, sharp blade and examining it in the dim light. "His body heals almost instantly from any injury. Which means I could spend hours studying exactly how much pain a person can endure without the inconvenience of permanent damage or death."   "You can't torture me for information," Andy said, but I could hear the first note of real fear creeping into her voice. "I know my rights. I demand----"   "You have no rights," Samuel interrupted from the shadows, his voi