It's really fascinating to me how their respective defects allow them to function more easily around each other.......... Reira's empathy lets her catch shit before it turns into a real problem, his anhedonia and extremely superficial emotional experiences allow him to avoid overloading her For Real.
And I'm very excited for future non brainwashed interactions with them now that Foster is consciously aware of her empathy.
In a way, it actually frees him from "needing" to do all this performative emotional stuff that stresses him out so frequently.
But yeah, it's a little ridiculous... Childermass now knows, in a minor way, that Foster has an investment he won't acknowledge. So the cat's not out of the bag by any means, but someone's glimpsed some whiskers.......
That's honestly a pretty safe topic, at least--Foster's hopelessness wrt himself is more like the sun rising in the east to him. A basic fact. If she wants to pry, he'll try to be clear about it, but he probably won't make sense.... she might have to endure some interrogatives about herself in the process, though. (Foster asking someone about themself? That's... new. Oh boy.)
Incidentally, Reira seems to be the only one who finds Foster actually being motivated to do ANYTHING worrisome instead of a good sign.
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It's really fascinating to me how their respective defects allow them to function more easily around each other.......... Reira's empathy lets her catch shit before it turns into a real problem, his anhedonia and extremely superficial emotional experiences allow him to avoid overloading her For Real.
And I'm very excited for future non brainwashed interactions with them now that Foster is consciously aware of her empathy.
In a way, it actually frees him from "needing" to do all this performative emotional stuff that stresses him out so frequently.
But yeah, it's a little ridiculous... Childermass now knows, in a minor way, that Foster has an investment he won't acknowledge. So the cat's not out of the bag by any means, but someone's glimpsed some whiskers.......
That's honestly a pretty safe topic, at least--Foster's hopelessness wrt himself is more like the sun rising in the east to him. A basic fact. If she wants to pry, he'll try to be clear about it, but he probably won't make sense.... she might have to endure some interrogatives about herself in the process, though. (Foster asking someone about themself? That's... new. Oh boy.)
Incidentally, Reira seems to be the only one who finds Foster actually being motivated to do ANYTHING worrisome instead of a good sign.