Mind control walks up to innocent bystander. 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 ..."