Pain shot up their leg like sharp, spiraling static, and the small creature couldn't hold back their pained yells. Their body convulsed upwards in pure agony, causing the cold metal cuffs around their wrists and ankles to dig into their delicate skin. Another sleepless night of agonizing torture. It was driving them insane. With every cut their muscles ached further and with every sawing away of the flesh they grew even more fatigued than they had been before. When would this end? Would it ever end? They couldn't keep living like this. Something had to be done.

But what?