[Cater gives it a second to think...and then decides that being honest about the reality of the situation was probably better than continuously trying to downplay it.]
I won't lie--it isn't easy. A lot of things happen in this place that are hard to deal with, harder than just having sex with strangers. I know they covered it all for you in Orientation, but so you know from someone who's seen it: breaking the law and getting sent to the SLUT Center is never worth it. The people there will drug you, and bend your mind in a way that'll make you compliant against your better nature.
[Even just recently, when he thinks about what happened with Idia...well, no, Cater doesn't want to relive it again. He sighs heavily, but the smile he follows up with is genuine...if more worn around the edges than his previous ones had seemed.]
The locals here are almost unanimously unkind to us, but those of who were brought here? We all help each other out. So, I won't let go. You can count on that much.
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I won't lie--it isn't easy. A lot of things happen in this place that are hard to deal with, harder than just having sex with strangers. I know they covered it all for you in Orientation, but so you know from someone who's seen it: breaking the law and getting sent to the SLUT Center is never worth it. The people there will drug you, and bend your mind in a way that'll make you compliant against your better nature.
[Even just recently, when he thinks about what happened with Idia...well, no, Cater doesn't want to relive it again. He sighs heavily, but the smile he follows up with is genuine...if more worn around the edges than his previous ones had seemed.]
The locals here are almost unanimously unkind to us, but those of who were brought here? We all help each other out. So, I won't let go. You can count on that much.