Spycraft Part III
It turned out that pain wasn't the answer after all, although it took two more rounds of Argus the Ninth's blood-red gaze for them to figure this out.
Pilgrim had an amazing ability she'd probably honed in her many years as a spy back on the mortal plane. That ability was to instantly pass out once her pain threshold was reached, allowing her to escape further torture from her capturers.
"It's an amazing escape mechanism," Morgana revealed, sounding quite in awe of Pilgrim's secret talent.
"Perhaps it's time to change strategy," Argus the Ninth suggested.
"You've got other tricks up your sleeve?" Leo asked, sounding hopeful.
He'd been cringing most of the time Pilgrim was screaming. He even let out a sigh of relief every time she passed out. If there were other, less evil ways to torture her then he was all for it.
"Perhaps it isn't pain that'll loosen her tongue," Argus the Ninth guessed, "perhaps we should move on to pleasure…"