“Alive” is relative in this kind of porn. Their personality is replaced with an obedient one, but they can continue to live the same life as the original person, so they can presumably fake who they used to be. Basically, they’re p-zombies.
While skinsuit stories can be fun, I'm not a fan of when the victim is conscious of it and crying for them to stop. It makes it basically torture porn, which is a step too far IMO.
A creepy story. Despite I do not like the thralls or drones that help the skinsuiter to go further, in this case it has almost no impact in the plot. Anyway the friend seems too naive, and the skinsuiter too eager, so it becomes less immersive. The artwork, as usual, is very good.