"You, tell me, what the hell is that?" he asked in a low voice, but one that cut the cave's silence with extreme coldness.
The frozen man breathed with difficulty. He tried to answer, but his teeth chattered uncontrollably, the cold making even proper breathing impossible. The sound that came from his mouth was a mix of air and pain.
Kyrian kept his cold eyes on him.
"Speak."
With a single thought, part of the ice covering the man's face broke, enough for him to move his jaw.
The first sound that escaped was a weak moan, followed by a hoarse cough. Small fragments of ice and blood trickled from his lips.
Then he began to speak, each word leaving his mouth along with a white cloud.
"Th-they… were testing…" the man began, not trying much to hide it. The cold in his body was a terrible sensation.
Kyrian watched him silently.
"Testing what?"
"The heart… They want to see… what happens… when someone… absorbs a…" he answered with an extremely broken voice.
