Gix - Controls Dragon Engines

The two headed away from the line as a great dragon engine, perhaps one of the originals Mishra had brought to Korlinda, rose over the hillock. It regarded the two beings before it as if they were insects.

"You have a command word to control that thing?" asked Tawnos.

"You think it would listen?" replied Ashnod.

The dragon engine hesitated, then turned away, moving back into the heart of the battle.

"Something you did?" said Tawnos, but Ashnod only shook her head.

Then a third voice spoke up. "No, that was me."

It stepped into view, and Tawnos saw a creature of nightmares. It was as tall as Tawnos, with long coils that sprang from the back of its skulllike head and twitched of their own volition. Its body was constructed entirely of struts and cables held together by sinews of flesh, which twisted like muscles as it moved. It was the ultimate automaton.

"Demon!" shouted Ashnod.

The creature laughed, and it was a harsh, clicking sound. "Is that what you call one who just saved you from your master's devices? Yes, I can control it, even if you masters can't. I can control most of these creatures now, and when they are done slaying each other, I will take the strongest ones back with me to Phyrexia."

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The Brother's War, Chapter 33