“ .... okay. ill bite. what do you mean by...designed to? is it meant to pull sympathy? ”
“Oh, this is a good one. You’re asking all the right questions! Very good. GREAT job. Clever player. Gold star for you!”
“So, listen up and riddle me this: If an entity hypothetically wanted to get closer to you… What would be the best way to do it?”
“Simple: take on the form of something you know… and are attached to! Maybe an old friend? Something nostalgic? A face you know, trust, perhaps relate to?”
“And maybe do it a little different. So you’d like it better- find it even easier to get invested.”
“SIMPLE rules. Act KINDER. DON’T cause trouble. Be SYMPATHETIC. Look BETTER. Talk LESS. Be…”
“PERFECT.”
“And anything you’d want it to be, it WOULD be. So you get close, and you fall in love, and believe it’s everything it presents itself as. And then?”
“… Well. That’s what I mean when I say everything is by design.”
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“Oh, this is a good one. You’re asking all the right questions! Very good. GREAT job. Clever player. Gold star for you!”
“So, listen up and riddle me this: If an entity hypothetically wanted to get closer to you… What would be the best way to do it?”
“Simple: take on the form of something you know… and are attached to! Maybe an old friend? Something nostalgic? A face you know, trust, perhaps relate to?”
“And maybe do it a little different. So you’d like it better- find it even easier to get invested.”
“SIMPLE rules. Act KINDER. DON’T cause trouble. Be SYMPATHETIC. Look BETTER. Talk LESS. Be…”
“PERFECT.”
“And anything you’d want it to be, it WOULD be. So you get close, and you fall in love, and believe it’s everything it presents itself as. And then?”
“… Well. That’s what I mean when I say everything is by design.”
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