"There's additional information. The relay contacts, the interior layout of Solmordia, and names I haven't provided yet."
"Fuck that shit," Rex said. "I'll get those from other sources!"
"There aren't other sources," Kregg said. "I'm one of four senior members of the Legion who've been inside Solmordia...!"
"The other three don't defect. They don't break under conventional interrogation; I know because I've seen them withstand it...!"
"The Balance Keeper conditions them in a way that differs from the lower ranks."
Rex assessed this honestly. It was probably true, but it was also not sufficient.
"Then I'll go to Solmordia myself," Rex said.
Kregg's primordial output pushed Rex back another step, and Rex felt its specific weight differently than before; it was heavier at the edges, indicating that Kregg was drawing on a reserve beyond standard output, which is accessed when the emotional state behind the power is no longer regulated.
