... Indeed, if you will pardon the offence.

[He knows it's one thing for Vriska to badmouth her culture and another thing for Lief to agree.]

I am not "freaked out". [He smiles wryly.] As someone who was nearly sacrificed and devoured in such a manner, stories alone about such a thing do not quite frighten me.

That you continued to hate it and can state even now that it was terrible—that speaks more about your character than anything else.