"Hey, what makes you think I couldn't make Gyre beg if I wanted to?" His tone is playfully indignant, and he's wearing an expression that shows just how much he's enjoying this. Luka is in absolutely no hurry to clarify the exact details of that camp visit just yet. It would spoil the fun.

"I learned a lot of impressive things about him that day. Didn't I, Gyre?" It was the same day he'd pulled Gyre's head from the rubble of the hospital, and the same day Gyre would later knock him unconscious. "Maybe you saw some of those things. They weren't as private as they should have been. But I don't recommend trying to replicate his methods, they just wouldn't work for you."