Utari's Puppies (Formerly Off-Topic Thread)

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@Valiran_Teleros

I have a friend who’s tempted that way. He’s not a bad person, but I think his heart’s been so broken by this world that he can’t see past a sort of generalized haze of horror.

Yeah, trauma can do that to people. I got my hands on a copy of a recording made after a Sansha incursion where they were interviewing someone who actually wanted to be taken. The man knew he was going to be fitted with slave implants and turned into a True Slave with no will of his own, and he was actually looking forward to it .

God, that was one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen. He had the worst thousand-klick stare imaginable, and his behavior was a textbook example for post-traumatic depression. The few times he smiled were even worse because he actually seemed… heartbroken that the incursion had been driven off before they could take him.

@Valiran_Teleros
As the “heartbroken” friend of Aria, I thought I’d share a piece I wrote that may give some insight into people like me: Nightmares