"'Empathic challenge'? I hope that's not a bad thing." It doesn't sound like a good thing. But interesting is usually good to a scholar... so long as it doesn't lead to too much actual poking and prodding. "If I kept trying to avoid everything I don't understand, we never would have met. And that's working out splendidly, so I'd like to keep trying."
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"'Empathic challenge'? I hope that's not a bad thing." It doesn't sound like a good thing. But interesting is usually good to a scholar... so long as it doesn't lead to too much actual poking and prodding. "If I kept trying to avoid everything I don't understand, we never would have met. And that's working out splendidly, so I'd like to keep trying."