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If anyone were legit in a relationship with a "glow", there'd be in a sense very little to fear. Surveillance goes both ways. The interior of a well-run prison is safer than the exterior of a well-run prison.
If someone were a source of novelty and differences in this world, of new potentials and better ways, the people who value such things could dispatch an observer to protect them.
Likewise, if someone were an awesome voice in defense of old ways that are actually good, defending old sources of value in society so that which makes them valuable is preserved, again there are people who would want to protect that.
Consider: the people who are protected in that way can think with less fear of hazards. In a sense, all relationships offer that sort of protection, as people protect the health and happiness of those they love.
Saying all this, I know I'm a stalking victim, and I know it's because I'm a nontribal contributor to global politics who can value both old and new ideas. I don't hate people, but I cross all categories in search of right answers. I shouldn't have come to attention specifically, but I did. Repeatedly. There were points where some of that attention was dangerous, but stepping past the maelstroms brought countervailing threats. An array of threats is a cage to be sure, but it's a shockingly impotent cage. I'm surrounded by nippy little dogs who complain about bulldogs so they don't have to admit to being chihuahas. Something that I've realized is that the sheer amount of attention I somehow reeled in put me intrinsically in the eye of the storm. I'm untouchable precisely because of an excess of light. The amount of observation went over the top, and it would be difficult to act without exposing the unexposable.
There's mercy in light, and it's one of the examples of why you shouldn't be scared to have a lover in the intelligence agencies. They watch each other most of all, you know. Most espionage work is counter-espionage work.
