[It's a little unnerving, because Alec can pretend all he likes, but he's seen all manner of reactions to reaching adulthood in an environment like the one Manticore set up: hyper-intelligent, hyper-competent sentient beings, under pressure to perform and without the freedom to express themselves as individuals, to speak up for the things they want or believe. Forbidden even to name themselves.
He's one of the fortunate ones, and he knows he's fucked up beyond repair. Others...]
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He's one of the fortunate ones, and he knows he's fucked up beyond repair. Others...]
Can you be helped?