I wouldn't have trusted Valerie to be convinced that Mia is too far gone because Mia hasn't even tried those blackmarket pills to be sure.
That's fair, I'm not saying you should like or agree with the way Mia handled it. I'm just explaining why things played out the way they did, and why it makes sense to me that Valerie is the one she ended up submitting to.
Can we rly trust Val though lol. I wouldn't take her word for it. Don't forget that she was the one who awakened Mia's rapist self lol.
Only thing I find dumb, is Mia not taking those pills when she went to Val the 1st time. If you don't want to use them, fine. Don't, but atleast keep them in case of emergency... No instead she prefered acting like a dumb sh1t, not taking them and go back to Val later to beg for some. That's the only thing I find pretty idiotic abt the whole situation.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to imply I trust Valerie. I'm only explaining why Mia felt like going along with her was the only remaining option in that moment.
I mean, looking at Valerie's actions and behaviour it seems very unlikely that she's only doing this because she has Mia's best interest at heart. So far it seems pretty straightforward what she's after, so no I don't trust that she has good intentions.
Should Mia have taken the pills in the first place? Yea she should have, I agree with you on that one. She was being very stubborn and now it came back to bite her in the ass. Personally I didn't mind her making that mistake because it helped in setting up the scenario we saw at the end of this update, but I can see why you'd feel differently about that.