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[mingling]

It's a little weird, right?

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[bunnyblock]

[At the very least, he'd be able to understand Natsume's trouble with the human race. Even now, he thinks other people are confusing and far divorced from his reality, but he's been... learning, with the help of those around him. So even if his previous response was one he was helped with, it shows he's trying, even if he doesn't really know what it means to be 'there' for someone else, fully.]

Aa. Me too.

It's Noiz.

[An awkward way to introduce himself, but--as said, he's bad at this.]

[mingling]

[Awkward or not, Natsume has had the base methods of a polite introduction drilled into him since he was very small. Saying this much is easier than anything else:]

It's nice to meet you, Noiz. I'm Natsume.

[But it's harder to know what to say after that. There's the option to just leave it at that, which is what he had done for the majority of his life until recent (but beloved) intrusions upon his heart. Saying more than that feels valuable, now. It feels like the right thing to do, a good thing to do, and something meaningful and worthwhile.

Basically, he's learned to try.]

I'm sure we're all learning things, and there are good ways to learn it.

[...Not to say his attempts aren't still kind of awkward on their own.]

[bunnyblock]

I'd save that until you've actually met me.

[And why this can be read as a wry comment--there's some truth to it. He's painfully aware of what kind of a person he is.]

...

Trying to learn things from others is frustrating.

But it's less confusing than learning them alone.

[mingling]

Everyone's doing that
All the time
So it's a lot better when you can do it with other people, I think

You're not the only one

[bunnyblock]

[He thinks about it for a second.

But...

Natsume's right, isn't he? So there's only one answer here, and he doesn't even has to ask someone for help with it this time.]

Thank you.