You're fine! As for your question, which we'll reiterate here for visual reference:
i see team dark horse is going very sneaky pacifist (which is fine and good and i have no desire to make geralt traumatize steven more), but i'm curious about the level of security and guard/enforcer/etc retaliation on something so hush-hush and inherently horrifying as forced reproduction camps, and if there needs to be a team... darker horse. because slavers don't get rights!!
There can be a Team Darker Horse if you'd like! Slavers don't get rights at all, and certainly need to be given their due.
Despite it being so hush-hush, and perhaps because of that, there is actually a lack of security about it; the Resistance informs that it's due to the generalized belief that there can't be anything wrong with a "care center" for the lost that there's no one actively looking into it (and they've tried themselves), so they're more or less easy to break into...
... It's the getting out as the hard part, as Monsters will feel compelled to act like the pairs in the breeding center themselves -- and those Bonded to them may feel the same. It's due to the scents in the air, aphrodisiac aromatherapy in essence, and as those who work in these places are licensed, it's been historically impossible for the Resistance to get one of their people into their ranks for espionage purposes.
Being more "underground" than the rest of the city, these captive Monsters are not effected by the compulsion magic and are simply terrified of what happens if they don't produce their next batch of children, which they don't tend to recognize as their own in the first place in some cases -- they're just something that comes from the process, like waste, in their eyes. The captive Monsters are heavily scarred and weary, and may not take easily to the thought of leaving at first, since this has been a relatively "safe" place so long as they behave, but some will reluctantly join their rescue band; they'll also insist they're taken as pairs, because, well. They're paired. Once one agrees the other will to, so it's simply a matter of convincing half.
The slavers themselves are notably not Witches, just your regular licensed auctioneers and apothecary practitioners, but even they can put up something of a fight. Just remember that while they don't have rights, there are worse things than death.
If there's anything else you'd like knowledge of, let us know!
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There can be a Team Darker Horse if you'd like! Slavers don't get rights at all, and certainly need to be given their due.
Despite it being so hush-hush, and perhaps because of that, there is actually a lack of security about it; the Resistance informs that it's due to the generalized belief that there can't be anything wrong with a "care center" for the lost that there's no one actively looking into it (and they've tried themselves), so they're more or less easy to break into...
... It's the getting out as the hard part, as Monsters will feel compelled to act like the pairs in the breeding center themselves -- and those Bonded to them may feel the same. It's due to the scents in the air, aphrodisiac aromatherapy in essence, and as those who work in these places are licensed, it's been historically impossible for the Resistance to get one of their people into their ranks for espionage purposes.
Being more "underground" than the rest of the city, these captive Monsters are not effected by the compulsion magic and are simply terrified of what happens if they don't produce their next batch of children, which they don't tend to recognize as their own in the first place in some cases -- they're just something that comes from the process, like waste, in their eyes. The captive Monsters are heavily scarred and weary, and may not take easily to the thought of leaving at first, since this has been a relatively "safe" place so long as they behave, but some will reluctantly join their rescue band; they'll also insist they're taken as pairs, because, well. They're paired. Once one agrees the other will to, so it's simply a matter of convincing half.
The slavers themselves are notably not Witches, just your regular licensed auctioneers and apothecary practitioners, but even they can put up something of a fight. Just remember that while they don't have rights, there are worse things than death.
If there's anything else you'd like knowledge of, let us know!