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[discomfort]

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[egodist]

The right... to console others?

[discomfort]

Hm... no, I think the more appropriate way of saying it would be... sometimes I don't think I'd be the right one to do it.

[egodist]

Does that truly matter to you? Whether or not people are consoled. Or do you go through the motions because it's what society expects?

[discomfort]

I do not go with what society expects, I think. I don't interact with it nearly enough to put that much thought into it.

But if I see a child crying, even I may want to dry its tears. But what if I am the cause of it? Should I still try to console? It's something I can't always wrap my head around.

[egodist]

Are you capable of understanding your own logic, or do you follow whim?

[discomfort]

I believe I am very logical!

Although not everyone might be able to follow it.

[egodist]

Then extrapolate your logic to me—you caused someone pain, but you may still seek to soothe it.

Why?

[discomfort]

Well, did I mean to cause them pain? If that was my intent, I would not apologize, but even I am not full of myself enough to not be able to realize when I am the one in the wrong. But there is a difference between wounding someone's pride, and wounding their, ah... feelings. You can almost always predict how they would react when it's the former.

But if I did not intend to do it, and I know that my words might be welcomed, I may try. My entire inn revolves around my guests being able to entrust something rather intimate of themselves to me, so I need to make sure that stays intact.