In the dim wilderness, a group of Heretics was playing a "little game," which was why their squads were always composed of both men and women.
However, they had all undergone modification through the Flesh Rite. If it was only the initial stages of modification, like the ordinary Heretics Lance had previously ambushed in those camps, they could still derive pleasure through normal "little games."
But at this stage, the modification had rendered them immune to pain, so the methods they used to seek pleasure were extremely bloody and terrifying.
Their understanding of a "little game" differed vastly from that of normal people. It went far beyond sadomasochistic practices, involving the crazed ravaging of flesh and reveling in the sensation of skin tearing and then healing, over and over.
