Madame Lamia's internal conflict between professional duty and personal conscience when forced to sedate Romana

Count Grendel delivers Romana to his surgeon-engineer Lamia with cold calculation, masking personal fascination behind the pretense of political necessity. Initially feigning courtesy, he quickly pivots to ordering Romana restrained …

Under Grendel’s domineering orders, Lamia injects Romana with a powerful sedative despite her initial hesitation and protests. Romana struggles briefly, pleading for her life before the drug takes hold, leaving …