I too find myself treating the Midwit Maskies like NPC non-entities. I look through them and give no quarter nor pause of passage. I am not proud of this. I am, however, at least conscious of this curious hard-wired othering instinct and continue to follow it. Nature trumps nurture. I engage the Free Faced with eye contact, smiles, nods and banter as I always have. Societal and personal lines have been drawn and are further entrenched day by day.
I too find myself treating the Midwit Maskies like NPC non-entities. I look through them and give no quarter nor pause of passage. I am not proud of this. I am, however, at least conscious of this curious hard-wired othering instinct and continue to follow it. Nature trumps nurture. I engage the Free Faced with eye contact, smiles, nods and banter as I always have. Societal and personal lines have been drawn and are further entrenched day by day.
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