diff --git a/src/events/scheduled/seIndependenceDay.js b/src/events/scheduled/seIndependenceDay.js
index f9cd29ec7b692ce33fcc5f6793fab204d802e3e0..c00ed0355430ec195bd0d6d061ea7a528c646a68 100644
--- a/src/events/scheduled/seIndependenceDay.js
+++ b/src/events/scheduled/seIndependenceDay.js
@@ -258,12 +258,30 @@ App.Events.SEIndependenceDay = class SEIndependenceDay extends App.Events.BaseEv
 			} else if (V.PC.career === "child soldier") {
 				r.push(`You share an impressive anecdote from your limited time as a mercenary; the moral of the story being that you know how to keep your head. From the murmurs, you can tell they suspect the enemy may have hesitated due to your age.`);
 			} else if (V.PC.career === "slaver" || V.PC.career === "slave overseer") {
-				r.push(`You share a cruelly amusing anecdote from your background as a slaver; the moral of the story is that you're not one to spare the lash when it's necessary.`);
+				r.push(`You share`);
+				if (arc.FSPaternalist > 60) {
+					r.push(`an amusing`);
+				} else {
+					r.push(`a cruelly amusing`);
+				}
+				r.push(`anecdote from your background as a slaver; the moral of the story is that you're not one to spare the lash when it's necessary.`);
 			} else if (V.PC.career === "slave tender") {
 				if (V.PC.actualAge >= 18) {
-					r.push(`You share a cruelly amusing anecdote from your background working the slave pens; the moral of the story is that you recognize when a slave needs the lash.`);
+					r.push(`You share`);
+					if (arc.FSPaternalist > 60) {
+						r.push(`an amusing`);
+					} else {
+						r.push(`a cruelly amusing`);
+					}
+					r.push(`anecdote from your background working the slave pens; the moral of the story is that you recognize when a slave needs the lash.`);
 				} else {
-					r.push(`You share some cruelly amusing anecdotes from your time in the slave pens demonstrating you know what it takes to break a willful slave. From the murmurs, you can tell you should have made it more clear that you were on the slaver's side of the cage, not the slave's.`);
+					r.push(`You share some`);
+					if (arc.FSPaternalist > 60) {
+						r.push(`amusing`);
+					} else {
+						r.push(`cruelly amusing`);
+					}
+					r.push(`anecdotes from your time in the slave pens demonstrating you know what it takes to break a willful slave. From the murmurs, you can tell you should have made it more clear that you were on the slaver's side of the cage, not the slave's.`);
 				}
 			} else if (V.PC.career === "engineer") {
 				r.push(`You reference your background as an arcology engineer, cleverly making it obvious that you know this huge building down to its very bones.`);