– A chilling list of 117 rituals, injuries, and emotional states. Each entry had a physical catalog. For example: Entry 47: "The Flaying of the Pride" — the psychological breaking of a captive before sacrifice. Entry 103: "The Birth Scream" — the exact frequency and duration of a woman crying out during childbirth as a distraction tactic. This section included medical diagrams of how rope burns heal vs. obsidian cuts, and how long a sprinting human can maintain adrenaline before muscle failure (17–22 minutes — which became the exact runtime of the final chase sequence).
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