So I've come up with a little game. I will write a mini-story for each of these characters: A Dreg, a Thrall, and a Psion. After reading these, tell me who has it worse.
Dreg: You have just been docked for losing a captured Ghost. You feel ashamed, not good enough, useless. Your Captain tells you the only way to prove yourself is to permanently kill a Guardian. However, attempting this is almost guaranteeing your death. The Captain tells you that if you can't do this task within the week, he will abandon you and kick you out of House Dusk, leaving you for the bears and wolves that come out at night in the EDZ.
Thrall: You are small and weak, and have only killed one single Guardian. The Wizards view you as useless and are planning to either curse you and use you as a living bomb or turn you into a pain-filled Ogre.
Psion: You were once an indentured servant to a Valus, and have been promoted to combat duty. Your commanding Centurion, however, thinks all Psions are weak and should be culled, and is planning to send you onto the suicidal front lines. You could go AWOL, but if you are caught, you'll be fed to the War Beasts. You could try to surrender, but because the Guardians can't understand you because your voice sounds like a record being scratched, you'll probably be used as target practice.
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Being a Thrall is just par for the course. House of Dusk doesnt operate like that. If the Psion was promoted the it obviously has something to prove, Cabal operate on a merit system. So who has it worse? Probably the Thrall as the other 2 options are implausible.