The day Ashura learned to maximise his Mind Trick force ability to delay its effect, essential turning people he'd broken into spies or assassins, had been one of his proudest achievements. It meant he could use this to benefit himself and others (if needed.) He had discovered a spy working against the Brotherhood as part of his duties to the Inquisitorius. It fell to him to interrogate the spy and learn who had sent him. The man in question was restricted to an interrogation chair, the same kind the Inquisitors of the Galactic Empire used on their prisoners.

"You will tell me who sent you. It is only a matter of time, and we are both going nowhere."

The Sith Warlord said to the dark side practitioner as he slowly walked around the chair. He had spent the last hour torturing the man, only to give the prisoner brief respites to question him before returning to it, the screams of pain soothing the Inquisitor's cold black heart. However, it was time to take a different approach. As if breaking the man's body was not enough, Ashura decided to break his mind, to render the spy into a drooling state, ready to be manipulated to whatever the Sith needed him to be. He stopped before the prisoner and reached out a hand as the Force flowed through him and to the restrained spy.

"You will break. It is inevitable."

Ashura connected to the prisoner's mind to use the malicious and perverted use of the Jedi mind trick to take control of the man's mind. He truly enjoyed this Force ability twisted by the Dark Side. If he had to explain what he was doing to someone who wasn't Force-sensitive, he'd explain it like Slicing into a data network, as Firewalls protected computer systems. Willpower and one's Force nature (if a Force user) could prevent this ability from taking effect. It was one of the main reasons those with strong wills were not affected by the mind trick ability, although that said, given enough time, anyone would break. Torture was an effective way to lower these resistances.

"You have failed in your mission. Those who you serve have abandoned you to this fate. Do not let their betrayal lead to your death. Listen to reason."

The Inquisitor's words were laced with the Force as he continued to erode the spy's mental resistance. He could feel them causing doubt to rise within the man, which led to his willpower faulting, allowing him to seep deeper into the prisoner's mind. It was like a mist seeping through the cracks in a wall, allowing Ashura to worm his way inside, deeper and deeper.

"I can release you, give your purpose, a reason to get revenge against those who left you to this damnable fate."

His words were sweet like honey as he offered the spy a lifeline, all the while corrupting his mind, breaking through into the man's mind. Ashura suddenly realised something truly tremendous as the man's willpower gave out. The mind in this state was programmable. Like a computer, he could input his commands and have this broken man do whatever was required. He could repurpose the spy into anything he needed. More than that, he could set triggers and delay responses allowing him to turn his puppet into an unknowing assassin. The options available to him were unfathomable. Ashura watched as the man slumped against the interrogation chair, staring blankly ahead. A bit of drooling pooled down from the corner of his mouth. The Sith lowered his hand and took a step closer. Ashura smiled and placed his hands behind his back.

"Are you ready to comply with my instructions and tell me who sent you?"

Ashura asked as the man nodded and replied.

"Yes."

The Sith nodded in return and began his questioning.

"Good. Your compliance shall be rewarded. Tell me who sent you, and I shall inform you of your mission."

The prisoner began to tell Ashura everything as the Sith continued to work his mind control over the puppet, programming the man into a sleeper assassin, with his target being the person who sent him to spy on the Brotherhood. Ashura would later arrange for the spy to forget about the programming and have him think he escaped, returning to those who sent him while following his new masters' orders and finally assassinating his target. The spy was just an expendable tool for Ashura, his alpha test. The Sith knew he would have to refine this ability. After all, progress requires experimentation.