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[pedagogies]

I might have seemed a bit more mature for my age, considering what I went through.

It was surface level at best though.

[photographists]

I think that
Sometimes when things get hard.
It's easier to try to pretend.

[pedagogies]

Do people pretend that often?

[ says compulsive liar and avoider. ]

[photographists]

I don't know.

I hope not.

Because, someone having a reason to do it usually means something bad happened.

[pedagogies]

[ hmm. ]

I suppose in an ideal world, we can all be accepted for who we are.

Perhaps step by step, it can become true.

[photographists]

If that happens...

Maybe it means that we can all find happiness.

[pedagogies]

Is that what you're searching for?

[photographists]

I

Just want my friends and I to be happy.

[pedagogies]

Happy now or happy forever?

That is not the simplest wish.

[photographists]

It would be nice if we could always be happy.

But... I know that it's important to feel other things, too.

[pedagogies]

That's right. All our feelings are important. They are a part of us.

They deserve to breathe, but they should not overwhelm us completely.

[photographists]

You're right.

Feeling too much of anything isn't any good, but... once you do, it's hard to pull yourself back out of what you're feeling.

[pedagogies]

Something you're familiar with?

[photographists]

( Oof. )

That's

Well

I don't know.

It goes with what you're saying...

[pedagogies]

Don't know or don't want to talk about it?

[photographists]

( He almost feels cornered right now. He doesn't know how to respond, and he feels nervous, like anxiety is going to start building up. )

Sorry, I

I don't feel very well.

[pedagogies]

[ very telling. ]

I understand.

But someday you will need to answer it. If you truly seek a path to happiness.

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( It's not a question he's ready to answer, not yet. It's so hard for him to open up as it is. It's something that still scares him, even with how many people here have accepted him despite his feelings. )

Sorry.

( He apologizes once more. )

I'll see you later...

[pedagogies]

Of course. Take your time.