torture victim double agent (or maybe torturer or) is taken to a human trafficking conference
speaker: “and it was horrible and we arrested hundreds of traffickers” attendee: “oh i arrest human traffickers yes” attendee 37: “we all arrest human traffickers! they’re so bad and we are so tough and we arrest them all the time!” tvda: “i don’t understand why they are arresting people for something that doesn’t exist” speaker: “thousands of trafficked people were —“ tvda: “i don’t understand why i am somewhere that doesn’t exist” tvda stares at disguised experimentee disguised experimentee looks compassionately at tvda disguised experimentre: “oh you poor torture victim double agent, the cognitive dissonance doesn’t make any sense at all” a pause tvda: “i can’t believe boss lied to me” tvda: “i can’t believe boss lied to me and i did horrible things to everyone i loved” tvda looks like he might die of tension or go beserk
