SHIGEKO'S DOSSIER: Like Eyebrows (P53), Pitiful is an eta whose services have great value to an Emerald Magistrate. I retained Pitiful as my torturer.
He does not look like an inquisitor; he is older than me, and furthermore is missing his legs beneath the knees.He was given the name Pitiful partly because of this injury, but also (he tells me) because the Leatherworkers believe that an eta who accepts money to torment others in this life is doomed to be an eta in the next life as well. I suppose even the eta need someone to look down upon.
While I rarely opted to watch Pitiful at work, I became aware that he has an unusual style. He seems to develop a strange sort of empathy with his victim that makes them surrender all the sooner. I once heard him say "This suffering is your choice; I am not a cruel man, but you must endure this by your own will. You know how to make me stop - but I cannot stop hurting you until you allow me to cease:"
One prisoner said that Pitiful's kindness is the cruelest of his weapons.