Or where they get the Water of Life in Dune. Hey, let's drown a young wyrmling and collect the bile that's created as it dies and inject it into humans so we can feed off them and get high! :evil

Nasty imagery there too. There's a tank where they toss a creature that they call a wyrmling (some sort of nasty, disgusting slug-like demon would be cool) and hold it down in the vat with a giant grate until it stops moving. Then they haul it out and place it in a "collection chamber" as it chokes out its last, and expels a nasty bile-like substance. It runs from the collector through tubes to various vats and beakers, distilled and purified and mixed with other substances until it reaches the end and small vials are filled and then shipped out to various clients.
Sun worshiping dog launchers! You face the Tick!
Daniel R Davis
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