Originally, way back when, I'd intended for the "mind wipe" catgirls to mainly be some of the poor souls who were still awake when they got dumped in and couldn't take the body horror as they were disassembled.
Shades of "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream."
By and large, a number of Boskone took to KO'ing or drugging their victims because the screams got to them, and/or the blanks were too unpredictable when they reformed a personality.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Shades of "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream."
By and large, a number of Boskone took to KO'ing or drugging their victims because the screams got to them, and/or the blanks were too unpredictable when they reformed a personality.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll