[ why is this conversation about him now, he was just relating to your experience. i guess he is still holding cat figurines. ]

Yeah, well. They knew how to sell it to hungry kids in the slums. Roof over your head and regular meals was more than we were gonna get doin' anything else.

[ the outlook for paripus orphans is fucking bleak. but he nods. ]

Been over ten years. Bas got hurt real bad in one of the experiments, and I just barely managed to sneak out with him during a riot. Thankfully this healer in the city saw me out there carryin' him, half dead, and helped without askin' for nothin' in return. Both of us'd be long gone if it weren't for her.