She sighed.  "It's not so bad.  You're safe here, provided for, and you aren't expected to fight day in and day out like you are back in Lookshy."  She smiled, reaching out to touch the collar for a moment.  "Besides, it's not so bad as you might think.  This collar was made to help deal with rogue Solars back in the First Age.  It and the bracelets allowed the person that attached them to name a condition.  A condition in which the captured Exalt could still use SOME Essence.  The collar has stopped it from draining into your own body, only the ties you have with your surroundings.  You can still use things that allow you to be better at what you do.  You just... can't use Essence to attack anyone.  The condition, in this case, is pleasing others and helping them enjoy themselves."<br/><br/>She nodded.  "But yes, they'll just let it go when they see that you're collared with a First Age artifact, made by my kind, specifically for the purpose it is being used for right now, though I despise the ones that made it."  She paused, and then her next words were a mere whisper.  "And what they did."