(Meeee….)
Mir sighed. “We mostly just messed with them to take our minds off the fact that we had to kill people. I remember when I was first told my job and I refused. What that punishment was…” He paled a bit and shuddered, shaking his head and rubbing his arms some more. “I would never wish it on my worst enemy….” He sensed Corbin’s emotions and glanced up at him with a half-smile. “It’s okay Corbin… Very few actually die from the punishments. It’s mostly just a scare tactic to break the soldiers into submission. Or at least fake submission.” He pressed into the hand on his back finding comfort in it. He concentrated and tried to manipulate the other two’s moods into something lighter. “It’s done and over with now. Everything’s fine.”