[Maybe in some small way, all of this will start to explain Vrenille's angle, why it is that he's so willing to give his time and attention to a new Submissive, even knowing almost nothing about him. Maybe it will explain why this isn't a matter of some kind of quid pro quo for him.
He gives a noncommittal half-shrug at the remark about government and politicians. He doesn't come from a world with representational democracy, so his perspective's shaped differently, but--] Haven't seen much of that here, but I know that shit went down in Veracity after the whole Fort Harmony mess. They tried to infiltrate here in the city, but they were found out, shut down. And now there's some kinda passage that's opened--just lately--a way to go from here to there, but it's...I dunno, the city's "fallen," I guess. It's like a shell.
[He's only too glad to change the subject, even to something as joyless as local punishments. And he doesn't, for now, mention Insincerity. That, he reckons, is just as well left for another time.]
Not the SLUT Centers. [He shakes his head.] Made it a point never to land in one, and you can stay outta 'em too if you make your quota on your own each month.
Personally, I like to keep as much control as I can over who I fuck 'n how. The SLUT Center takes that away from you--pumps you so full of drugs you'll be asking to do shit you don't wanna do with people you don't wanna do it with.
But sex three times a month ain't a problem for me. I mean, I like sex. If y'don't like sex... [Does he really need to say it? How much harder this place will be. And does he really need to say that he's a little concerned for anyone who recoils so sharply from a casual touch as he's seen Ash do? He's not going to press him to talk to him about it, but...he should.]
The People Zoo I been to a couple times, not locked up though. [Well, not locked up for a crime, at least. He's pretty sure that waking up in one of the cells when the city went to literal Hell doesn't count.]
I've had people tell me that some awful shit can go down there. But Dominants can buy your time once you're in, and that's the quickest way out if you've got someone you trust. [Something tells him that Ash would be the type of person to just try and tough it out though.]
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He gives a noncommittal half-shrug at the remark about government and politicians. He doesn't come from a world with representational democracy, so his perspective's shaped differently, but--] Haven't seen much of that here, but I know that shit went down in Veracity after the whole Fort Harmony mess. They tried to infiltrate here in the city, but they were found out, shut down. And now there's some kinda passage that's opened--just lately--a way to go from here to there, but it's...I dunno, the city's "fallen," I guess. It's like a shell.
[He's only too glad to change the subject, even to something as joyless as local punishments. And he doesn't, for now, mention Insincerity. That, he reckons, is just as well left for another time.]
Not the SLUT Centers. [He shakes his head.] Made it a point never to land in one, and you can stay outta 'em too if you make your quota on your own each month.
Personally, I like to keep as much control as I can over who I fuck 'n how. The SLUT Center takes that away from you--pumps you so full of drugs you'll be asking to do shit you don't wanna do with people you don't wanna do it with.
But sex three times a month ain't a problem for me. I mean, I like sex. If y'don't like sex... [Does he really need to say it? How much harder this place will be. And does he really need to say that he's a little concerned for anyone who recoils so sharply from a casual touch as he's seen Ash do? He's not going to press him to talk to him about it, but...he should.]
The People Zoo I been to a couple times, not locked up though. [Well, not locked up for a crime, at least. He's pretty sure that waking up in one of the cells when the city went to literal Hell doesn't count.]
I've had people tell me that some awful shit can go down there. But Dominants can buy your time once you're in, and that's the quickest way out if you've got someone you trust. [Something tells him that Ash would be the type of person to just try and tough it out though.]