Micah Galin

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*"I don’t know where the fuck you’ve been, honey, but you should have stayed dead."*

## Physical description

### First Mentioned

Chapter 8: Visit Three - Latex

Micah Galin is one of the doctors that works at the facility.

## Appearance

Micah is described to be a young man with a strong jaw and red, slicked back hair (though judging by the slight curves and bumps in it, it's naturally a little wavy). He has particularly strong brows as red as the hair on his scalp, furrowed above dark eyes along with a pierced left ear and another piercing around his eyebrow and a black stud on his chin. Despite his broad shoulders, he is fairly trim in his frame, and is somewhat, but not overbearingly, muscular.

Micah's usual outfit is a black collared shirt with a red tie, along with a white pair of slacks and black loafers.

## Story

### Before the Facility

Not much is known about Micah before joining the facility, but it's safe to assume after the conversation in Chapter 81, that Micah was brought in by Mom, and learned how to do his job through her, rather than by pursuing higher education or acquiring any formal certifications in his field.
Eventually, he would lead Mom's department while she took a step back and only worked at a consultant capacity. From time to time, she would help Micah with his work.
### In the Facility

Micah was one of Ten's earliest visitors, but had been unrecognizable and not formally introduced until later, since he was masked. After being properly introduced during her second visit with Micah, Ten considered him one of the harsher doctors, as he ended the visit by leaving a cut on her chest area. To this day, Ten is still resentful of the scar on her chest, and of Micah.
Throughout their visits and interactions, Micah tends to talk down to Ten, although he also gives her subtle advice on how to stay afloat and accept her position as a toy for pleasure.
## Personality

Micah tends to put up a tough front in order to establish dominance over the Numbers, whom he enjoys degrading and talking down to. Occasionally, as both a flex and a means of control, he will leave cuts on those he visits.

Micah usually minds his own business when it comes to the other doctors, with exclusion to Sven, who he naturally just hates. Micah will openly insult Sven when the conversation calls for it, even once physically punching Sven out of annoyance when he kept bitterly pecking at him.

However, Micah reportedly has moments of being willingly submissive or "soft", as evidenced during his interaction with Sven and Mom during Chapter 81, and by Mom's words on the man to Ten prior. He willed himself into sweet-talking Mom the way she wanted him to;the way he supposedly used to when she still had him under her wing, and when they slept together. Beyond this, Micah sometimes gives Ten "advice" about toughening up in the facility, even though he does it in a condescending way.

Micah is protective of his one possession: a balisong (butterfly) knife that he often keeps on his person, and tends to bring out during visits. He immediately slaps Ten when she calls it trash, and defends the object and his use of it. Supposedly, someone important gave him the current knife he has, though he's had others before it. While Micah is a bit frivolous with his use of the thing, he does express taking good care of it to make it last longer.

## Job at the Facility

Micah's specific role at the facility is not explicitly known, but as discussed in Chapter 81, he contributes to some kind data collection from prisoners when they are first brought in by The Overseer, Lucius and (previously) Milos. Micah's work is then handed over to Sven and Jude, who work in statistics thus manage the data collected. Micah and Sven often collide on how the work is being handed off (with Sven often complaining that he can't work with Micah's data points).

It's a known fact that Micah didn't go through any formal education, nor received any certification for his role. At some point, Mom had taken Micah under her wing and taught her the ropes of her position. Over time, Micah eventually started leading that part of the operation, with Mom acting as a consultant.

## Kinks and Sexuality

* Impact play
* Bondage
* Spanking
* Knifeplay
* Toys
* Dominance
* Gagging
* Blindfolds
* Anal
* Latex
* Sadism/Masochism/Algolagnia
* Suspension play
* Degradation
* Edging
* Discipline
* Oral (as recipient)
* Facefucking / Irrumatio
* Restriction/Immobility

Micah's sexuality isn't obvious, but he tends to mostly visit female patients. However, he seems not to be above having males during visits, and even had one of his own prior. It's not known how he acted when he had the Previous Three as a Number, however.

Micah appears to be willing to take both a dominant and a submissive role depending on who he's with. While he hasn't explicitly been shown as anything but dominant toward prisoners, it's been said he has the capacity to let someone else take the lead in the bedroom, as evidenced by his brief interactions with Mom and Lilah, and by things said of Micah by other doctors.

## Relationships

### **Violet**

Micah doesn't have much personal connection/attachment to Violet, but he doesn't like it when his "toys" are despondent or unreactive, something Violet has tended to be when she's feeling emotionally down. Micah likens her to a "dead fish" when she's like this, and states that this behavior bores him, so he goes out to seek pleasure from other Numbers instead.
Violet has a dislike for her doctor. Initially, she let him do whatever he wanted to her just to get the visit over with, but later on did not hesitate to speak up against him, even at the cost of her skin. As a result of all her times fighting her doctor, Violet has a multitude of scars all over her body, especially her back and chest.
Violet has said that early on, Micah used to get satisfaction out of frightening her, often teasing her with dangerous gestures using his knife that usually left her with nightmares of getting stabbed. Over time, she learned to read her doctor better, and found that while he was still a frightening man, Micah had less violent and sadistic tendencies than someone like Milos or Lilah. She no longer fears him as much as she used to, but is still cautious around her doctor.
### **Ten**

Ten has a natural dislike for Micah, as he is considered one of the rougher doctors. Even when discussing him with the other Numbers, they all agree that he is an "asshole". Ten is unconvinced when Mom tells her that Micah puts up a mean front, but has a softer side too. This isn't something that gets regularly discussed until later, when Violet herself suspects the same of him since he isn't as much of a cold-blooded person as Lilah or Milos is despite still being a danger. Micah enjoys degrading Ten while also liking how she bites back.
When Ten throws up during a visit in Chapter 46, Micah reluctantly tends to her ailment and advises her to toughen up, or else she wouldn't last. He also "comforts" her by telling her that fear is a sign that she's still alive, perhaps because he himself has lived through moments of fear and struggled to be who he is now.
Though, even in Micah's strange ways of comforting Ten, he says his and his colleague's motivations to do so are only to "keep doing what they're doing" and not have to deal with the mess if a Number were to lose their will to live. He pushes Ten to accept pleasure in Chapter 73 instead of fighting it, advice she is still attempting to put into practice after being told the same by many others.
Despite her dislike of Micah, Ten finds it satisfying to bark back at him regardless of the consequences. She at first feared him utterly, until she started enjoying the ability to fume around him. He, in turn, seems to enjoy her best when she's "bratty", eliciting pleasure from trying to punish her. Although Ten hates admitting it, some of the strange things he's done with her have been pleasurable.
### **Mom**

At some point, Ten had overheard that Micah and Mom worked closely together, but not much was known about the nature of their relationship at the time. In Chapter 81, Ten overhears that Mom had brought Micah under her wing to teach him how to do her job and work at the facility despite not having any real medical qualifications, certification, or credentials. It is implied that he performed sexual favors for her, either as a means to attain his position, or as a favor to her for getting him a job there.
Mom mentions gifting and rewarding him for his "good boy" behavior, and some fans speculate that she may have been the one to give him his current balisong knife. Mom still seems a bit sweet on Micah despite "letting him go" after he was stable enough to do his job without her. She often defends his wilder behaviors and asserts that he has a softer side he doesn't show to just anyone.
While Micah begrudges the woman now, he still is able to put up with her and does not struggle to transition from being rough to being submissive for the woman, even subtly.
### **Lilah Valentine**

Micah considers Lilah a "bitch", but does not use the epithet in a hateful way, it seems. He does agree with her mindset (the way she thought about pain is the same way Micah thinks about fear - that it keeps you alive) and doesn't consider Lilah too bad of a person. However, he became irate when Ten compared him to her during a visit.
The few times Micah has spoken of Lilah have been aggressive, but also positive in some regard. While their relationship has not really been seen explicitly in story, Gale does tease Micah about his interest in Lilah in Chapter 79. This may mean he has a slight fascination with her, as another person compelled by alternative culture and aesthetics, and someone who is equally as rowdy and wild. He has even referred to Lilah as a "wild child" in a positive way, though states that she has "bad timing" and tends to show up at terrible times with her emotional tirades.
In Chapter 84, the two are first shown interacting directly with one another. Micah seems interested enough in Lilah, though she initially criticizes him for only being aroused by her body (though he refutes this by stating he was only messing around, and even when he playfully pushes her buttons, he does back off in the end as she demands him to). Because the interaction was short, there is not quite enough to go off of to tell precisely what it is he feels toward her, but it's clear he's comfortable with Lilah whereas others are not. Through previous dialogue, it also seems he's more understanding of her principles and character, and much more patient with her attitude while still knowing when to bite back at her for getting on his nerves.
While Micah may not be a murderer like Lilah, he still doesn't seem afraid of her or the potential pain she could inflict. And while he is more dominant with other Numbers, he seems more than willing to be somewhat submissive to her (at least in the bedroom).
### **Gale Smith**

While Micah lauds Gale's approach to the Numbers as a professional, he does not dislike them as a person. His currently sole interaction with the doctor in Chapter 79 made it apparent that he's quite casual with Gale, and does not mind having a conversation with them. While Micah is one to throw insults and speak his mind around Gale, the latter does not seem to mind it and has no issue teasing him back, even making fun of him for liking "fighters" and immediately bringing up Lilah.
### **Sven Engelstad**

Both Sven and Micah have a natural dislike for each other, likely due to personality and ethical clashes. Their dislike of and tendency to clash with each other is strong enough for Violet and Nine to be aware of it. In Chapter 81, Sven was seen arguing with Micah over their perceived lack of work ethic (Micah pointed out Sven was just antsy and lazy, while Sven argued that Micah was contributing nothing and wasn't fit to work at the facility).
Both men started dragging each other's personal accomplishments, with Sven boasting about being better than Micah despite the latter countering with violent attempts to "humble" his rival with personal insults. The argument ended with Micah punching Sven in the face, either due to pent up anger, to simply shut him up because he had started pecking incessantly at Micah for being a "momma's boy", or both.
### **Yosuke Chisaka**

While Yosuke doesn't at all like Micah's rough treatment and marking of Ten, he does see some strange similarity in their "tastes", particularly in regards to things like bondage.
Yosuke considers Micah a bit of a wild one, and while he isn't as easily vexed by him as he is with Lilah, he still doesn't always agree with his methods and finds it frustrating to deal with the states Micah leaves Ten in after visits. Yosuke in fact finds Micah’s wilder side a nuisance at times, while Micah calls Yosuke out for being a "distant shitwad" during her confinement.
### **Lucius Marcellus**

Lucius doesn't seem to care for Micah any more than he does the other doctors, but does note that he is aware of Micah's form of "gift giving" when he notices Ten's cut after her visit with him. He seems to somewhat look down on Micah for his attempt at seeming rough, given that Lucius himself has murdered people before and is truly sadistic by comparison. Otherwise, his opinion on the man is unknown, or at least neutral.
### **Parents**

Micah had a good relationship with his mother and often stuck to her when he was younger. He also constantly tried to take care of her since she struggled living alone with her son. Micah did not have a father, since he left when Micah was young. However, close to his teens, Micah did have a demanding and crude stepfather who he absolutely hated. More than likely, this difficult relationship helped kickstart Micah's fascination with the persona he has now.
## Visit Chapters

* Chapter 8: Visit Three - Latex
* Chapter 26: Visit Twelve - Machine
* Chapter 46: Visit Twenty Two - Weak
* Chapter 73: Visit Twenty Nine - Hang

## Trivia

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* Micah is one of the younger doctors along with Gale and Lilah
* If Ten were to be drawn to a doctor purely on their kinks, it would be Micah
* Micah is an only child
* Micah's **Meyer Briggs type** is INFJ
* Micah's **intelligence type** (per original theory) is Bodily - Kinesthetic
* Micah's **love language** is Physical Touch
* **Micah's parent's opinion of him:** *Micah’s mother loved her son, but didn’t fully understand the things he was into. She tried to be supportive, if anything. She never really got to see the worst parts of him because he hid them from her.*
* **Micah's opinion of his previous number:** *Micah found Jet frustrating and regularly berated him. Since Jet constantly fought back against Micah given his personality type, Micah had to get pretty creative with getting him to shut up.*
* **Micah's controversial opinion:** *People should be judged by their strengths (physically, characteristically, or otherwise), and anyone who isn’t able to keep up isn’t good enough*
* Micah is capable of being gentle with a person if need be, but he prefers his usual facade. In the outside world, he’s able to drop his usual spiel and act normally around others
* Micah can probably slam beers and lagers back and forth. Might go with a heavy dark liquor sometimes.
* **How would Micah flirt:** *Might hint at what he wants, but be relatively cheeky and play things casually.*
* **Micah as a parent:** *Would act casual. Might not seem to care at first glance about having a kid, but wouldn’t let them suffer by abandoning them or being crude. He’d be firm when he has to be but attempt to reason with the kid and be present otherwise. Probably the kind of father who’d let his kid hold a knife and teach them how to use it.*
* Micah likes to sleep on his stomach with his head buried either under or into the pillow
* **Micah's triggers:** *Threats to his ego, usually about his persona / Assumptiveness*
* Micah picked up his interest in knives from a young age and more than likely had an awkward tween/teenage edgyboy phase before he made his aesthetic a bit more refined in adulthood. He was probably not as tough and forward back then as he is now, and had to learn to be that way with time. There is a reason he is particularly attached to the balisong, but he does have knowledge of other knives too.
* Micah did not used to be the “bad boy” type. He was once fairly clean and shy at a much younger age, but had desperately wanted to become better than the current version of himself. He found counterculture aesthetics fascinating but didn’t feel like he could live up to that for the longest time
* Micah probably once dabbled in skating when young, but it’s not something he does now
* Micah’s first piercing was likely in his ear, since he may have thought it was a good place to start
* Micah likely got bullied a lot before he “grew a backbone”. Once he finally struck back, he probably started to get into fights more often.
* Once Micah started having confidence in himself and fronting the attitude we see now, he got fairly popular with women. Before, he went relatively unnoticed.