I like the idea that Evrina has trouble maintaining her abrasive personality when directly interacting with Jo. Jo passively gets past her defenses with a Care Bear stare while not actually saying anything. Most people have many faces they wear from day to day, or moment to moment. Evrina is no different. She tries to dominate any space she enters as a preemptive defense mechanism. If she starts out in control only the most confident people would be likely to resist. Humans generally avoid conflict and will default to following whoever establishes dominance first. Jo, however, has a quiet confidence that doesn’t require validation and a natural sincerity that gets past people’s defenses.
There are just some kinds of people in the world that trigger the humanity in others almost without effort. Honestly, I wish there were more.

I’m not sure what I’m allowed to talk about concerning the last couple of days in my personal life, so I’m just going to say that it’s been a bit much. Those of you who frequent the discord will know what I’m talking about. It really threw how isolated I am into very stark contrast. I’ve been left on edge and bruised emotionally.

Just as a historical note Gene Hackman and his wife were found dead a day ago, having apparently been dead for some time already. As of the time of this writing questions remain, but it’s a very tragic end to one of the world’s best actors. I tend to remember Hackman as Lex Luthor from the Superman movies of the 80s. They aren’t his most award winning performances, but his version of Lex is cartoonishly memorable and fun to watch.

Anyway, I will let you go for now. I hope you have a nice weekend and will see you on Monday with more low stakes adventures. Until then, release the hounds!

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