"Sold? No, no one is being sold." He almost wished it were that simple. It was a lot more credible than what he was about to tell her, but he liked the fact that she could come up with those alternatives. It meant she was used to a harsher life and therefore, she wouldn't complain. "You're being briefed and given a few choices. No ransom involved."
This was the part he hated, because he still couldn't believe people were that stupid, but then he had Skynet to prove the contrary. "The very short story is that idiots in the government messed with dimensions to get weapons, instead they got rifts that they couldn't control. People arrive here from other dimension, they get superpower, the government doesn't like us and it's trying to hunt us down and kill us. We find others who arrive. Now, you can come with us, train with us, follow the rules. We provide you with a place to stay, weapons, knowledge and the possibility of going back."