[ Good thing he has experience communicating with a wide range of creatures and cultures. He gets the gist even if he’s sure he just said some word he doesn’t know. And not dead ass. ]

Ah, living free is the goal, isn’t it. They provide a stipend or some sort of guaranteed work to us, but I find the trade off fascinatingly terrible. It is such a bad deal dressed up like some once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Perhaps I’m being too harsh. Their means of oppression seem effective.

[ He shrugs. ]

I plan to register, I suppose. You get old enough and you have to start going to the doctor occasionally. The back gives out, the teeth get loose. Truly a disgusting experience.