"Or someone falling in love with an alien they find hideous and unnerving." Tom smiles broadly. God knows he's been in a similar situation. "It's helpful to think of the casual empathy more as a.. well I started off thinking about it as an augment to their tone of voice or eventually learned it's a replacement for facial expressions. It might be easier on you if you tried to link what you're feeling to his behavior or expressions. It felt damned invasive when I first felt it."
His own experiences might help, maybe, though he didn't have the exact same problems there had been plenty. "Deeper empathic connection is meant to be that; sharing emotions as communication."
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2020-11-27 01:51 (UTC)His own experiences might help, maybe, though he didn't have the exact same problems there had been plenty. "Deeper empathic connection is meant to be that; sharing emotions as communication."