No, and I feel a fool, comparing my own lack of freedom to others who truly live in bondage, or who are imprisoned by iron bars. I apologize, but I do not wish to give too specific of details, for fear that someone will read this and know me. But... I have always lived a life where I had no say over where I lived, when I woke or slept or ate or bathed. I have never made those sorts of decisions on my own behalf. And for the past year, before I came through the portal, I had never once been in a room alone. Everyone who saw me knew who I was, and watched me, and anything I said or did had to be weighed, for the impact it could have, on the lives of many people.
[ So much for lack of specifics. But Maia doesn't know how to explain his own bewildered inability to adjust here, without making it clear where he was coming from. Just walking down a street by himself, with no one looking at him and observing every nuance of facial expression and movement, every detail about his grooming and clothing, is so profoundly alien to him. ]
I am sorry to hear that you lost your freedom. Have you not regained it, in this place?
[anon indefinitely]
[ So much for lack of specifics. But Maia doesn't know how to explain his own bewildered inability to adjust here, without making it clear where he was coming from. Just walking down a street by himself, with no one looking at him and observing every nuance of facial expression and movement, every detail about his grooming and clothing, is so profoundly alien to him. ]
I am sorry to hear that you lost your freedom. Have you not regained it, in this place?