[Not that she can see it, but his brow rises. Maybe it's heard in the quietly lilting nature of his tone.]

"Trade" implies some willingness to be here. No, we're prisoners, and whatever we indulge in, you can also see it as taking advantage of the tools we've been given.

[But in this, their thoughts run parallel: only because they can't starve. They have to still live out of spite if nothing else.]

So, you're expecting something terrible to eventually happen. Right?