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==Effects of Helper Programming==
{{Quote|Slaves, specially bred and programmed for absolute obedience.|[[Veronica Fortuna|Miss Fortuna]]|Broken, Part 1}}
The Helper Corporation indoctrinates Helpers with the belief that their purpose is to serve their owners<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-1/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-4/</ref>. Helper Programming also assigns Helpers a [[enby:gender|gender]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-5/</ref>, with roughly one in six Helpers assigned [[enby:man|male]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2022/05/26/chapter-8-page-2/</ref>. When a Helper's pod is opened, a gas activates an enzyme in the Helper's bloodstream causing them to view the next [[Human|human]] they see as their owner<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-19/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-20/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/11/03/chapter-7-page-15/</ref>.
As part of their programming, Helpers are supposed to show unconditional love and adoration for their owners, even owners they just met<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/11/04/chapter-2-page-8/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/11/04/chapter-2-page-15/</ref> or owners who are abusive<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/10/20/chapter-7-page-1/</ref>.
Helpers are unable to refer to their owner by name, even if their owner wants them to<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/11/04/chapter-2-page-5/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2022/06/07/chapter-8-page-10/</ref>. They typically refer to their owners as "Master<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2021/05/28/chapter-6-page-16/</ref>" or "Mistress<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-19/</ref>." {{InfoUpdateFlag|9}} it is unknown how a Helper would address a [[enby:nonbinary|nonbinary]] owner.
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Helper Programming is designed to be very difficult to resist<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2022/06/20/chapter-8-page-19/</ref>. Nonetheless, some Helpers have made limited progress in fighting their programming. Some Helpers know they are trans despite The Helper Corporation's insistence to the contrary<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-3/</ref><ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-6/</ref>, and [[Pandora]] used that knowledge to attempt to escape<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2019/10/18/chapter-1-page-9/</ref>.
During a mission to rescue [[Petrichor]], Pandora volunteers to do something dangerous<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/23/chapter-5-page-8/</ref>, even though [[Isabelle Monday|Isabelle]] explicitly said she didn't want Pandora to do anything dangerous<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/07/17/chapter-5-page-2/</ref>.
[[Maple]] demonstrates the ability to show she is unhappy even when [[Gabriel Glenholm|her Master]] wants her to look happy<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/17/chapter-4-page-20/</ref>.
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