For Orpheus it's less taking things in stride than the knowledge that nothing lasts forever, and a few years here or there is hardly a blip on his timeline by now.

"I'm not in any rush to sign my life away. Though I'm not sure where I'm supposed to meet eligible Dominants if I'm not allowed in the Up." He gets the feeling this particular enticement wasn't so well thought out. Maybe bringing in people from so many different worlds wasn't the best plan for their orderly little city.