Kindness is transactional, even if only to appease one's own emotional state.
[And with this universal truth in mind, it is almost too surreal to have it flung in his direction with so many friendly faces, as though they look upon him like some creature he simply... isn't.
He just wants to be left alone. He doesn't want to-]
That I have no interest in pretending to smile and care about what they have to say. I do my work here, and I do it well. I even perform favors for this town now and again. But why must I waste hours in the day, listening to people prattle on about the same thing?
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[And with this universal truth in mind, it is almost too surreal to have it flung in his direction with so many friendly faces, as though they look upon him like some creature he simply... isn't.
He just wants to be left alone. He doesn't want to-]
That I have no interest in pretending to smile and care about what they have to say. I do my work here, and I do it well. I even perform favors for this town now and again. But why must I waste hours in the day, listening to people prattle on about the same thing?
[It bores him to tears.]