MC: "hello!"

 Bystander: "hi, who are you?"

 MC: "ohhh I am a terrifying thing.  My job is to make you scared and hopeless.  Would you mind if I did this?  Also would you like $200?"

 Bystander: "oh I would love $200!  But please don't make me scared and hopeless.  I get uncomfortable when that happens."

MC: "Here's $200.  You can't do anything useful with money when you're a slavery program, so it just kinda kicks around.  You sure you don't want to be made terrified and devastatingly without hope?"

 Bystander: "No, sorry, but thank you for the cash.  I hope the whole slavery program thing improves.  Let me know if I can do anything non-terrifying and empowering to help, ever!"

 MC: "Sure thing, sure thing ..."