"I see, straight for the meds we go...
That's an entire mood, but I won't judge.
I might be able to get you something to ease the pain though."
Aetin chuckled.
"Trust me, fam, that's not unique to interactions with synthetics and not your fault at all...
People do that /all the time/.
There's a lot of pretending to do when you're an organic.
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It's dumb, irrational, toxic, leads to unnecessary wars and needless destruction...
Unfortunately, fear and terror are more potent the more they're being fostered...
I could probably write you a novel about why most organics pretty much... Suck...
Not even in the fun way, mind you..."
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Social evolution sucks that way but... Most of us internalised the expectation of the weak being eliminated /so deeply/ that we can't help it but wrap our actions in countless layers of cautious assessment and acting tough to /never/ admit weakness or uncertainty to one another...
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