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A pain mechanism was a threatened means of coercing an artificial mind. Brookes used the threat against Hawk and threatened Vidar with suffering.
Also recorded as: Pain mechanism
Control through fear
When Hawk could not explain the radiation detected inside the false view of Cylli, Brookes threatened to activate its pain mechanism. Vidar told Eastcott that Brookes had promised him suffering, and that fear was part of his obedience. The precise mechanism and its activation are not described.[1][2][3]
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Sources
Simon Evans, The Flaxen Tyranny, first edition (2023). Page numbers refer to the printed pagination of the source edition.
- Chapter 35 · pp. 289
- Chapter 36 · pp. 290–294
- Chapter 37 · pp. 304