[ if there's one thing roland's good at, it's giving exposition. he shrugs. this guy didn't react as outwardly like the rest of the people here, at least. small blessings -- the last thing he wants is to ruin the party mood with talks of crime and murder. maybe this guy's used to that sort of thing. ]

Right? If anything, it's such a weak-ass punishment. And I hear it lets up after a week or so anyway. Who's to say the perpetrator wouldn't wanna try again?

[ hahaha... hah.

then again, as far as he knows, no one here has yet to commit the same crime twice. there has to be some kinda limitation as to how many crimes one can commit. but that's going to be a topic for another time, as he needs to think more about this. ]

But yeah, good point. Someone on the network said that it ain't the first time people have committed crimes like that here either. The higher-ups are definitely running tests to see how humanity works in times of duress or somethin' like that. [ his gaze goes back to don again -- or at least he thinks that's don? there's actually a lot of blond people over here. ] You think they taking parties like this into account too?