Sometimes. [He agreed with a faint nod, quietly listening after his turn was up. It was truly amazing how all of them could still stand after all the crap they'd more than likely gone through in their own realities, their own times.

Curse or not, this power they all shared... It wasn't something he minded so much anymore. Even if it hurt to see others suffering, even if suspicion was thrown upon them and jealousy took root. Their inner 'pillars of strength'... leaning on one another in some way, depending on them, was oftentimes enough to keep moving forward no matter what the future held.

A faint smirk crosses his lips briefly at their native tongue, and he purposely gives the universal translator the metaphysical bird when he replies.]

Souda na. ...Especially with what most of us have gone through alongside them.

[He pauses in contemplation.] But, it isn't just our friendships they attack. Not long after I first arrived, there was a mandatory "emergency collar checkup." Shortly after that, our powers began acting up along with some of us either being unable to move or felt distant from our own bodies. Granted, I don't remember most of it...