"Bullshit." He's not letting them think that if he can help it. "Shock collars are what assholes use on prisoners and dogs. It's not behavioral correction, it's brainwashing, torture, and abuse. So no. Fuck that. You need course correction, you run laps, do push ups, or sleep on the ground."

Like. That's a thing he can tell them to do. Like that's part of what they're doing. Like he can use sleeping next to him as a bargaining chip for good behavior and it's sliding sideways into something he half understands in a whole other context but this shit sure as hell wasn't framed up in a safe, sane, or consensual way. All they got is winging it and all he's got is a few rules he needs to hold onto if they're gonna do this and not get killed.

"They aren't ever gonna trust you to run point, Carolina." Not after this. "It has to be me."