Ed considers the summary as they walk and then starts to slowly nod. "Yes, that about sums it up." More or less. "Also, if there's an event with free food and drink, don't eat, don't drink. They like to lace things with all kinds of interesting drugs to make us more amenable to their lifestyle. If you don't meet 'quota'," and Ed air quotes, and blushes, distinctly blushes. "You go to be retrained. Which is anything from a day being told how to be 'good' to- hm." The People Zoo. Public rape. Any number of horrors.

"I missed you, but I never wanted you here. As bad as I've found it, I can't help but this it's going to be a hundred times worse for someone who doesn't like being touched and doesn't feel attraction." As far as he's ever been aware. Certainly Oswald's always acted like sexuality was something that happened to other people.