"Encourages," she repeated for emphasis. "The Peacekeepers goal is to attempt to facilitate intimacy between the residents, but it does not force us to do anything." It had attempted to mentally influence them during the ball, but she had willed it away well enough. "Some drinks offered will have aphrodisiac-like effects, the pollen in the earlier months just the same. Phallic imagery is prominent, but none will force you to participate, if you do not wish to, although it is difficult to entirely miss what is being shoved before you."