[ WP ] In this world , physical appearance depends entirely on personality . All babies are born identical . Beauty is achieved gradually through good thoughts and deeds , while the opposite is true for ugliness .

I do n't let the really ugly ones in. 
 
 Some procurers do - they say it's no difference when you've got bouncers, cameras, and connections. The ugly johns are the ones who need your services the most, pay the best, and keep coming back. 
 
'So what if they're a little mean to the girls?' my friends say.'What are they going to do, hit'em? Big deal. You could have five guys in there before he throws a second punch. If he runs, every crook in town will know about it.' 
 
 It's true, and it's not like men at the other end of the spectrum frequent brothels. Every man who comes in here has at least something wrong with him, even if it's just the vague, greyish tinge typical to someone who uses people for sex. We screen out the worst, but it's not like we can afford to be picky. 
 
 On the other hand, it's almost too easy to find a woman so down on her luck that she's willing to sell her body, and yet beautiful enough to actually turn a profit. Sometimes you find these girls and they turn out to be mentally deficient - gorgeous, but with the mind of a six-year-old - and with parents so ugly the sight of them makes you want to vomit. I try not to think about it too much. 
 
 Or I get these girls who are otherwise normal, but when they look in the mirror they see all these scars and warts that just are n't there so they compulsively do good things for people - even people who fuck them over. You tell them they're pretty and they laugh nervously, like they're so sure you're wrong but do n't want to tell you if you have n't noticed. 
 
 The saddest ones are the ones who know full well what they look like but do n't think it matters. The world has shit on them all their lives while they've given nothing but good back, and they think that's just how it goes. They tell you that you have to show mercy to ugly people, because they think that the one time they had pimples when they were young equates to the beer gut and disfiguring scar their ex had. 
 
 It's sort of understood in this business that turning tricks for too long will gradually fade a woman's looks. No one else really thinks it's because of all the guys she has to deal with. Even the madams I know say that prostitution is its own small sin. I do n't really care, though. These girls have never in their lives said no to a man just because he was ugly. So, I do it for them. 
 
 I guess that's how I got to be the handsomest pimp in town. Though, that really is n't saying much.
