Posted at UTC 2012-07-22 11:48:21
LearnHexadecimal says, in reply to author's comment:
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Skewed in this instance means that I recognize my heuristics for avoiding pain don't give it a significance that is proportional to its actual impact. I have no reason to believe that the Torture Curse would be any less traumatic for me than it would be for anyone else, but I still wouldn't particularly go out of my way to avoid encountering it. Skewed is a good description of priorities that are likely to lead to future Hexes cursing the poor judgment of past ones.
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Posted at UTC 2012-07-22 13:10:41
Eli_Dupree says, in reply to user comment:
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Well, in Granger's case, it'll be a very different experience to have it done at zir own initiative, by a person ze trusts, in a context of safety, than it would be otherwise. (On the minus side, those same reasons mean it'd be less effective for knowing what it's like.)

By the way, Hexes confused me for a moment, since hexes are also an actual thing in this setting :P
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Posted at UTC 2012-07-22 13:12:50
LearnHexadecimal says, in reply to author's comment:
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Hehehe.

Yeah. On the other hand, I'm reminded of those experiments with waterboarding, which seemed to conclude that torture is still highly unpleasant even when you're having it done to you on purpose.
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