Yes. I can't say why, exactly, but even the exceptional beauty that I was born with was often seen as undesirable simply due to being out of the ordinary.

Perhaps that's it, though - it's much easier to be seen as a pleasant person when you don't have to constantly step on others to give yourself a bit of a chance to live for another day. By comparison, I've been quite lazy and reasonably kind here, since I haven't even had to trick or backstab any of you.

[His arms finally uncross.]

Things have been so easy in this town, I may have actually gained a bit of weight simply by being able to rest more often and having the chance to eat nearly anything I want.

[He seems pleased with that, and pinches at his belly a bit. It's not terribly noticeable, but there is a little layer of pudge that wasn't there before.]

It's impressive what being thrown onto some bizarre space station in the future can do to a person.