"Confidence." Akiko corrected as she got up, strutting over to join her. "And you don't move like me..yet. You're still upset about your sentence and apparent theft of liberty. You hurt company assets, destroyed property, possible even took lives. Is this much better than a century down on the surface or longer in virtual stasis on some server strictly as an Infolife?" Akiko smiled as she walked by, her tail just barely teasingly touching Ishi's back as she walked by to pick up her discarded clothing.<br/><br/>"You outersystem types think we're all decadent socialites who have no use beyond rapant consumption and watching the bottom line. Did it ever occur to you that the foundation of your 'free' life comes from outside your own sphere? We all part of a very dynamic social organism. Inner system provides a foundation, growth, and so on.. Outer system expands outward, conquering the system and exosytems in our very human way. We all need one another, if for nothing more than a bogey man to fear or denigrate. You fear you'll change in your indenture and never want to be free again. I don't think so. I think you'll come out of this a better person." She smiled at the bunny girl, a come hither invitation and tease.<br/><br/>"One that is both passionate and knowledgable. You feel better now I imagine? Your thoughts run quicker and you're not totally sure that I'm JUST a fuck toy. Or that my primary purpose is strictly sex now. I perform a role, helping to maintain stability within the corporation and without, our intelligence helps to keep the more.. assertive and radical changes from occurring. We build the foundation that transhumanity needs to truly fly like the outersystems does. Do you honestly think without the vast terraforming projects of Mars and Venus that your people would be able to continue to grow as fast as they do? As it is.. Transhumanity is nearly stagnant. We're at almost a zero sum population growth curve. Too many rational thinkers out there not letting their passions flow." She teased as she sat down.<br/><br/>"Show me your passions Ishi..dance, sing, tell stories.. kiss me if you must.. show me you're a whole person and not just a thinker. Be a doer as well." This was another seduction, coaxing her out of anger and into thinking about the other side of the coin. Akiko knew that there were problems with the Inner systems consortium government and that the outer systems had their place in the role of things but clearly Ishi only saw the bad in the consortium's methods.