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[wellitspossible]

"Hello! I'm not around, sorry. Leave me a message...? Why do these all look like birds, though? Is this a joke about twi-"


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[wellitspossible]

Sure! OK.



OH! The literal cornhole game, right.
He's not scared of food. It's kind of complicated to explain: Do you know what a phobia is?

[thecodexabides]

Knowing your enemy's
weak points
will give you more options
to kill
to maim
or merely to injure.

A true warrior has knowledge and wisdom. [If she's not careful he's going to assign her the Codex Astartes as homework.]

A fear? [He knows words!]

But how is one afraid of
a staple crop?

[wellitspossible]

That makes sense. [Even if that is REALLY GRAPHIC, oh god-]

It's more that the way it looks makes him uncomfortable. You get a cluster of little pods together like a corn cob and it looks like a creepy alien egg sack. Phobias aren't really very rational. Some things just creep you out.

[thecodexabides]

[HMMMMM.]

Has he been
hostage
to some xenos species?
Something with an
ovipositor? [That would make sense, right? He could understand someone having reservations after something like that.]
He should tell himself
that he survived
the first time
and will survive
again.

There is no need for fear.

[wellitspossible]

[She was thinking of the Aliens movies now. Oh god. Oh god oh god.]

I don't know where it came from, but maybe over time he'll come to realize that himself. It took me a while to stop being really scared of the dark. Or enclosed spaces.

Okay, no
Being trapped in small spaces still terrifies me

cw warhammer does like horrible stuff

[thecodexabides]

[The Imperium is a veritable treasure chest of horrors. It's fine. That's why you carry a chainsword.]

If he is incapable
of normal function
perhaps he should try
psytroprene
to erase the memory.

[wellitspossible]

I'm sure he'll be okay without any medications.

Just
Y'know
Maybe don't harass him with things covered in little pods and holes?

[POMNI, WHY ARE YOU STANDING UP FOR HIM!?]

It's like you and magic.

[thecodexabides]

I was not
harassing him.

I did not understand.

It is not normal
to be afraid
of corn. [Noted Judge of Normal, Gadriel, has spoken. Unfortunately this means that now Gadriel will feel obliged to save Jax from exposure to corn.]

[wellitspossible]

It's a little strange, huh? But I mean in the future. You didn't understand, and now I think you do.

It feels like people think that, if you just get exposed to something enough without your consent, you'll eventually overcome an aversion you have. But that's never how it works.

[thecodexabides]

I do not know
any of this.

My kind does not experience
fear.

Does he have other
things
that upset him?

[wellitspossible]

Not that I know of.

[A lie was fine. She wasn't about to be an armchair psychologist or even air out the guy's dirty laundry here.]

What do you mean you don't experience fear?