"We find ways to endure it. To support one another. Life here means your autonomy is stripped from you constantly. You're drugged, you're altered mentally. Forced to have sex, forced to find a contract. No, I wouldn't say everyone accepts it. But those who are blatant about their acts of defiance are punished again and again."

Ducky's voice is even, but her hands ball into fists gripping the fabric of her skirt.