:> So m^ny c^tegories of people I c^n c^st Inst^nt Discomfort on just by existing. I persist reg^rdless ^nd do my best to give them sp^ce. <:
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:> Oh! qvq Th^t’s very kind of you, Li^lyi. I enjoy your presence too, for your music ^nd your love of bees ^nd w^sps, ^nd your humor, ^nd your intelligence. <:
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:> Troll xenophobi^ runs strong, I ^m ^fr^id. The cultur^l fe^r ^nd dislike of ^nything th^t looks like them but is not them is especi^lly common - not entirely for unjustified re^sons, ^s zombies run r^mp^nt in cert^in regions, ^nd there ^re other more ^dv^nced mimics who use ^ troll-like ^ppe^r^nce to prey on them for v^rying re^sons. I do not do th^t. But I ^m, ^dmittedly, unc^nny to most in my own w^ys. So I underst^nd. <:
:> I ^gree in principle, ^nd the ex^mple you mentioned is cert^inly v^lid, but I ^m only one of two of my kind. We ^re not known. It is better if we ^ren’t too well known. And I ^m very d^ngerous, if I choose to be. I c^nnot ex^ctly s^y they ^re wrong. I simply choose to curb my violent ^nd other less s^vory impulses much of the time. <:
:> H^h^. It’s more th^t I enjoy it. But I ^m ^lso ^w^re it is not ^lw^ys ^n ^ppropri^te response ^nd should be tempered. <: