[Well he... doesn't understand what 'blood related' could possibly mean. Maybe something like... they're close to everyone who has the same blood color as them? That sounds like a lot of people though... He could ask of course but uh... he is pretty firmly against learning anything more about human families ever since finding out they grow their wigglers inside themselves lkasdjf So, he'll start... here: ]
wELL, uH, fIRST i GUESS, oNE OF THE QUADRANTS INVOLVES TWO OTHER PEOPLE, bUT THAT ONE IS MOSTLY, tO PREVENT CHEATING ON YOUR KISMESIS, sO YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, uH, cHEATING IS, nOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH A MATESPRIT AND A, kISMESIS, iN CASE THAT, wASN'T CLEAR,
[Another pause... Only kind of gets the human friend thing. Hearing the way everyone else talks about their friends like they're something important and good gives him something of an idea what they mean, but the thought is still pretty foreign to him, so it might confuse this flushed troll of hers too... Just trying to fill in gaps, excuse the rambling]
pROBABLY IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO MENTION THAT, wE HAVE, fRIENDS TOO SOMETIMES, uSUALLY THEY AREN'T A GOOD THING TO HAVE, fOR US THOUGH, sOMETIMES THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, bUT THAT IS THE GENERAL RULE, aLSO, i GUESS KIND OF IN THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT, wE CONFUSE OUR QUADRANTS A LOT AS WELL, eSPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE YOUNG, iT'S, uH, hARD TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, sAY, fLUSHED PITY, aND CONCILIATORY PITY, aND SOME PEOPLE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT FLIP, bETWEEN RED AND BLACK FOR A LONG TIME, bEFORE THEY SETTLE ON ONE OR THE OTHER, oR, uH, sPLIT UP, iF THAT IS THE BETTER SOLUTION, i GUESS i SHOULD SAY, eVERY RELATIONSHIP IS UNIQUE, sO, wHILE YES, wE DO HAVE RULES AND LABELS, aTTACHED TO EACH QUADRANT, dIFFERENT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, wHAT WORKS FOR THEM, iNDIVIDUALLY, i THINK POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, iT SOUNDS LIKE, iS THAT WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT, wHICH QUADRANT SOMEONE FITS INTO, bECAUSE THE, fEELINGS INVOLVED IN EACH ONE ARE USUALLY, pRETTY DISTINCT, aND WHEN THEY GET MIXED UP, pEOPLE CAN GET HURT REALLY BADLY, wHERE AS HUMANS ARE APPARENTLY, oKAY WITH THEM MIXING, bECAUSE THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS FOR THEM, wOULD THAT BE A, uH, cORRECT THING TO SAY,
[...wow this is harder then he expected lkjsdf And okay, he really doesn't know what to say about people who have more then one 'significant other' thing... but that doesn't seem to be a thing she's interested in anyway, so he'll just... store it away to ask about sometime later... Also, wait, now that he's done trying to compare romances for a second, what is this that keeps coming up]
aND, uH, yOU'VE SAID THOSE FOUR THINGS BEFORE, bOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND HUSBAND WIFE, bUT i DON'T REALLY, kNOW WHAT ANY OF THEM ARE, sINCE APPARENTLY THEY AREN'T QUADRANTS, aND ALSO TWO OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC TO GENDER, wHICH SEEMS WEIRD, tO ME, iS YOUR POTENTIAL MATESPRIT, gOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS, tO YOU, oR MAYBE ALL OF THEM,
[Five different labels for the same concept seems kind of excessive to him though. Ehhhhhh, confusion everywhere]
filter - so I heard you like tl;dr...
hMM,
[Well he... doesn't understand what 'blood related' could possibly mean. Maybe something like... they're close to everyone who has the same blood color as them? That sounds like a lot of people though... He could ask of course but uh... he is pretty firmly against learning anything more about human families ever since finding out they grow their wigglers inside themselves lkasdjf So, he'll start... here: ]
wELL, uH, fIRST i GUESS,
oNE OF THE QUADRANTS INVOLVES TWO OTHER PEOPLE,
bUT THAT ONE IS MOSTLY, tO PREVENT CHEATING ON YOUR KISMESIS,
sO YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH,
uH,
cHEATING IS, nOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH A MATESPRIT AND A, kISMESIS,
iN CASE THAT, wASN'T CLEAR,
[Another pause... Only kind of gets the human friend thing. Hearing the way everyone else talks about their friends like they're something important and good gives him something of an idea what they mean, but the thought is still pretty foreign to him, so it might confuse this flushed troll of hers too... Just trying to fill in gaps, excuse the rambling]
pROBABLY IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO MENTION THAT,
wE HAVE, fRIENDS TOO SOMETIMES,
uSUALLY THEY AREN'T A GOOD THING TO HAVE, fOR US THOUGH,
sOMETIMES THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, bUT THAT IS THE GENERAL RULE,
aLSO, i GUESS KIND OF IN THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT,
wE CONFUSE OUR QUADRANTS A LOT AS WELL,
eSPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE YOUNG, iT'S, uH, hARD TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN,
sAY,
fLUSHED PITY, aND CONCILIATORY PITY,
aND SOME PEOPLE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT FLIP, bETWEEN RED AND BLACK FOR A LONG TIME,
bEFORE THEY SETTLE ON ONE OR THE OTHER,
oR, uH, sPLIT UP, iF THAT IS THE BETTER SOLUTION,
i GUESS i SHOULD SAY, eVERY RELATIONSHIP IS UNIQUE,
sO, wHILE YES, wE DO HAVE RULES AND LABELS, aTTACHED TO EACH QUADRANT,
dIFFERENT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, wHAT WORKS FOR THEM, iNDIVIDUALLY,
i THINK POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE, iT SOUNDS LIKE,
iS THAT WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT, wHICH QUADRANT SOMEONE FITS INTO,
bECAUSE THE, fEELINGS INVOLVED IN EACH ONE ARE USUALLY, pRETTY DISTINCT,
aND WHEN THEY GET MIXED UP, pEOPLE CAN GET HURT REALLY BADLY,
wHERE AS HUMANS ARE APPARENTLY, oKAY WITH THEM MIXING,
bECAUSE THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS FOR THEM,
wOULD THAT BE A, uH, cORRECT THING TO SAY,
[...wow this is harder then he expected lkjsdf And okay, he really doesn't know what to say about people who have more then one 'significant other' thing... but that doesn't seem to be a thing she's interested in anyway, so he'll just... store it away to ask about sometime later... Also, wait, now that he's done trying to compare romances for a second, what is this that keeps coming up]
aND, uH, yOU'VE SAID THOSE FOUR THINGS BEFORE,
bOYFRIEND GIRLFRIEND HUSBAND WIFE,
bUT i DON'T REALLY, kNOW WHAT ANY OF THEM ARE,
sINCE APPARENTLY THEY AREN'T QUADRANTS,
aND ALSO TWO OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC TO GENDER,
wHICH SEEMS WEIRD, tO ME,
iS YOUR POTENTIAL MATESPRIT, gOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS, tO YOU,
oR MAYBE ALL OF THEM,
[Five different labels for the same concept seems kind of excessive to him though. Ehhhhhh, confusion everywhere]