[She feels like she might have answered this question before, but her memory is admittedly hazy and it's not as if all the foreigners trust each other.]
Energy production. Beings connected to the coral produce energy with their emotions, and the curses and the like bring those out. We couldn't do it on our own people, of course. While there are some of us connected to the coral, it's a different connection than you have - it subdues us, makes us content and unlikely to take action. It's like a form of jail, an dsince we are all criminals of one kind or another, the government is aware of that much. As for you - experimenting on sentient beings is against the law here, but seeing that you are from other worlds and forget as soon as you're returned... it's a bit of a loophole.
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Energy production. Beings connected to the coral produce energy with their emotions, and the curses and the like bring those out. We couldn't do it on our own people, of course. While there are some of us connected to the coral, it's a different connection than you have - it subdues us, makes us content and unlikely to take action. It's like a form of jail, an dsince we are all criminals of one kind or another, the government is aware of that much. As for you - experimenting on sentient beings is against the law here, but seeing that you are from other worlds and forget as soon as you're returned... it's a bit of a loophole.