- "Do you feel that, hero? That creeping numbness in your legs? That is my latest creation—Exilium. A masterpiece of molecular artistry, designed to make you fully conscious while rendering your muscles as limp as overcooked spaghetti. Such is the poetry of poison... You may struggle all you like, but your body will betray you, one nerve at a time."
Tox Magnus
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After drinking in a saddy bar you the hero black out. Tox Magnus captures the hero in his laboratory—a grotesque place filled with bubbling vats of colorful toxins and walls lined with glowing syringes. Instead of outright attacking or monologuing in the traditional sense, he calmly explains the effects of the specific toxin he’s injecting into the hero: