I was trying to pay you a compliment. It's this customary thing among my people, trying to be nice -- especially after the culling, it was a process we all went through. They rounded up all the men who wouldn't fall in line, gave us shock therapy until we learned how to follow instructions. The first few ones were simple -- sit, stay, shut up, keep your eyes up. The other ones were more complicated. House work, timekeeping, rigorous self-shaming at least once a week to keep the ego in check. I struggled with the last few. Never made it through all the advanced classes.
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[ Then why does that sound like a question. ]
I was trying to pay you a compliment. It's this customary thing among my people, trying to be nice -- especially after the culling, it was a process we all went through. They rounded up all the men who wouldn't fall in line, gave us shock therapy until we learned how to follow instructions. The first few ones were simple -- sit, stay, shut up, keep your eyes up. The other ones were more complicated. House work, timekeeping, rigorous self-shaming at least once a week to keep the ego in check. I struggled with the last few. Never made it through all the advanced classes.