Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed any kind of sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought.  People don't want to be hurt; this is sort of what hurting is.  Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.  It would have been a self-harming class of thought, an obvious infohazard, and he would have walked away from it inside his own mind.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed any kind of sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.  Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again; that would have been the obvious prediction, given what Keltham was taught.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.  It would have been a self-harming class of thought, an obvious infohazard, and he would have walked away from it inside his own mind.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed any kind of sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.  Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again; that would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything dath ilan ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.  It would have been a self-harming class of thought, an obvious infohazard, and he would have walked away from it inside his own mind.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed any kind of sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.  Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again; that would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything dath ilan ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed any kind of sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.

Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again.  That would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything dath ilan ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed to any sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought further.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.

Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again.  That would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything dath ilan ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed to any sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought further.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.

Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again.  That would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything dath ilan ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be sexily hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.

Point two:  Not only has Keltham not been told about this, Keltham has never been exposed to any sexual education or priming which would cause him to think, if he did notice this fact about himself, that it was a good idea to pursue that thought further.  People don't want to be hurt; that is sort of what hurting is.

Having a strong sexual desire to inflict pain, according to everything that dath ilan has taught Keltham about the world, would mean that any attempt to satisfy this desire would involve an unusually mentally resilient sex worker being paid a lot of money to put up with a sexual experience that she didn't like.  If he got addicted, if his whole sexuality turned into that, the rest of his romantic life would suck really hard and probably never be truly satisfying again.  That would have been the obvious prediction, going on the obvious-intuitive reasoning Keltham would have done from everything Civilization ever taught him.

The thought that the world was full of other people who were the complements of that desire, who wanted to be sexily hurt, would just straightforwardly have never occurred to Keltham at all, if he'd spotted that desire in himself.