"It was better than where I'd lived until that age. My upbringing on my homeworld was worse by several orders of magnitude."
He at least sounds well adjusted now, like he's made peace with most of it.
Though he still struggles to articulate what it really was at times. Abuse. Slavery. But he's trying to put the words to it, to treat his own experiences and emotions about it as valid. And so it's better than it was.
"I was considered state property until Colugov felt I was more trouble than I was worth, and let me go. Having a solitary existence after that, doing work I enjoyed, living free of council members and handlers and schedules I had no say over...it was much better. And my first employer was fortunately a very kind man, who watched over me for the rest of my life, and tried to provide me with opportunities that made me happy, even after I stopped working for him. He's still a very good friend now - more like family at this point."
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He at least sounds well adjusted now, like he's made peace with most of it.
Though he still struggles to articulate what it really was at times. Abuse. Slavery. But he's trying to put the words to it, to treat his own experiences and emotions about it as valid. And so it's better than it was.
"I was considered state property until Colugov felt I was more trouble than I was worth, and let me go. Having a solitary existence after that, doing work I enjoyed, living free of council members and handlers and schedules I had no say over...it was much better. And my first employer was fortunately a very kind man, who watched over me for the rest of my life, and tried to provide me with opportunities that made me happy, even after I stopped working for him. He's still a very good friend now - more like family at this point."