"Potentially," she agrees, frowning slightly. "It's not quite as bad as it sounds at first; I've heard of people who achieve synchrony by sparring with their friends, and if you have people you're comfortable with it's easy to fit in to whatever you'd be doing anyway. Interestingly, the gem culture does place an enormous value on consent; there are virtually no reports of assault, and I don't think it's because it's going unreported."
That said, between the incentivization and the permissive culture and the environmental factors... yeah. She's not going to argue about what goes on here.
The funny part is Scully's problem has always been with the necessity of emotional intimacy, more than sex.
She hesitates a little; there are very good reasons not to discuss their personal lives, either hers or his, and she doesn't want to break that unspoken rule especially when they're synched. But she's known Mulder a long time; she's seen his video collection, she's met people from his past. Possibly he'd enjoy this place. She's not going to judge him. (Well, she's going to try her best, anyway.)
"But I do think there are people who make a perfectly comfortable living solely through synchrony."
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That said, between the incentivization and the permissive culture and the environmental factors... yeah. She's not going to argue about what goes on here.
The funny part is Scully's problem has always been with the necessity of emotional intimacy, more than sex.
She hesitates a little; there are very good reasons not to discuss their personal lives, either hers or his, and she doesn't want to break that unspoken rule especially when they're synched. But she's known Mulder a long time; she's seen his video collection, she's met people from his past. Possibly he'd enjoy this place. She's not going to judge him. (Well, she's going to try her best, anyway.)
"But I do think there are people who make a perfectly comfortable living solely through synchrony."