"You're welcome to try asking one of the locals, but all the volunteers are chipped on the arrival ship." It's kind of unappealing to think about, so Hank tries not to.
"A teenager? It just means someone who's older than a child, younger than a full adult. Sort of the beginnings of maturity. Adolescence."
As for 'everything'... Hank leans in, conspiratorial even though their every word is being listened to by R.O.S.I.E. anyway and there's no hiding things from her. "This place isn't all sex and wholesome research. It doesn't seem to be as bad as Reverie, but they have been known to perform twisted experiments on the volunteers. Some people have gone missing, presumed dead. Once, they set up a scavenger hunt, where blue skin was one of the items on the list." And he's not the only one here with blue skin.
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"A teenager? It just means someone who's older than a child, younger than a full adult. Sort of the beginnings of maturity. Adolescence."
As for 'everything'... Hank leans in, conspiratorial even though their every word is being listened to by R.O.S.I.E. anyway and there's no hiding things from her. "This place isn't all sex and wholesome research. It doesn't seem to be as bad as Reverie, but they have been known to perform twisted experiments on the volunteers. Some people have gone missing, presumed dead. Once, they set up a scavenger hunt, where blue skin was one of the items on the list." And he's not the only one here with blue skin.