"Magitek?" He let out a strangled noise as the yanking of the wire sent another jolt of pain through him. Enough adrenaline finally starting to circulate through his system that he was beginning to panic, and he struggled against his restraints. A wet noise resounded through the chamber as blood splashed out of his abdominal cavity where it had pooled from Ardyn's carelessness. The warm, wet feeling of his own blood running down his body made him feel suddenly very sick, and it made him shiver violently as it contrasted harshly with the freezing cold air of the room, and inevitably cooled.

"Wh-what are yo-you t-t-talking ab-bout?" he chattered, eyes rolling back into his head as he tried to swallow back the rising urge to vomit. His reality was finally hitting him, his body literally open, foreign objects protruding from his flesh.