[calmly, mildly, she shrugs with a placid smile on her face.]

Nothing at all. Our society isn't structured like that.

There's still a hierarchy, though. The higher castes rule the lower castes. The god-king Emperor's every word is law.

[She fingers her collar, trying to keep her hands from betraying the fact that she'd tear her own throat out if that would get it off]

And no matter how hard you work, apparently even someone like you gets sent here to die with a collar around your throat. Trapped in here with people like me.

Sucks to be you.