The Alpha's Forgotten Bloodline
Its warm, steady orange glow had flickered and died, leaving behind nothing but a cold, smooth piece of river rock.
"It’s encrypted," Malakor’s chief engineer noted, tapping a brass clipboard. "The thermal output requires a continuous biological and emotional authorization. A 'soul-signature,' if you will. The moment our Ledger-Hounds put it in a lead box, the connection to the North severed. It's a dead battery."
"There is no such thing as a soul, Doctor," Malakor said, adjusting his monocle. "There is only energy, and energy can be mimicked. If we cannot steal their intent, we will simply forge it."
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