#but he's 'lucky'. sell half of your soul and maybe you'll get to keep the other half. who's asking?

[ebitenpura]

remembers lore I had of Eight being one of the original test subjects for the Castellans, but was saddled with a faulty prototype that only takes effect half the time. he willingly stays in Intelligence even after that-- there's nothing and nowhere else he can go, and who's to say that having that edge of unpredictability on your masters isn't a secret boon? is the man taking orders like a droid before you actually under your control, or doing so out of his own free will?

it's a waste of an operative to axe him for retaining only half of his autonomy. yet he seems even more dangerous to be on your side to begin with, and you don't know what scares you more: that he puts up with this at all, or if he's compliant in the first place. it's a gamble whether that drug works, and he knows it. a guinea pig for control. an example for the rest. a weapon asking to be used. living evidence of a crime, and perfectly fine with it. his continued existence is his own leverage against the empire, he says, with a smile that drowns in the dark of his eyes.

whatever the reason, you think you understand why the enigma of Cipher Eight is left well alone.