Farica had been such a...disappointment. Not that he'd expected much more, she was fundamentally flawed. Were candidates not such a valuable commodity he would have culled her instead of just trying to fix her. Well, it was irrelevant now anyway.
The room where Delilah Mackie was being held, being stored, was on the outskirts of the ATC. Transport of a psychic that hadn't been broken in was a dangerous task, even for a pilot. Some candidate's were powerful enough to cause a pilot harm if they suddenly and instinctively lashed out. Instinct was impossible to control, but far harder to counter.
The door recognised him and unlocked sliding open with a hiss and closing behind him. Before his eyes looked at her his mental hooks dug in, latching onto her malleable young mind as easily as a meat hook into fresh beef.
In his hand was a grey duffel, which he let fall to the ground at his feet while he turned to look at her. His eyes looked severe, in direct opposition to his body language which seemed to convey only boredom. Another candidate, it meant he had to start again. Rachel and Arrow were such good girls, already he could tell this one was going to be harder. She was going to have to be broken.
"Candidate Mackie," he said sharply, "That is what you are now. Anything you have is because I give it to you. I am Marshal Richards, your mentor. You may call me Pilot Richards, or sir. Do what you're told and your life here will be easy." The other side of that didn't need to be said.
He could feel her hunger. Incredible. Marshal relished the chance to observe a vampire up close, and safely.
"You will be allowed to feed when I let you, and never at any other time. Your addictions will go untreated. You will endure until the poison is out of your system. Understood?"
First, he would make her feel helpless.