Maybe? I really do mean it, it's a lot easier to make friends here. I have no idea why, but maybe because of the whole not wanting to be corrupted thing?

[everyone else around her back home was so loud. it often felt like she couldn't get a word in edgewise, so she stopped trying]

Hey, there's nothing wrong with being a dork! It's cute how enthusiastic you get about things, no fear of judgement. More people should be like you. And you're absolutely a fountain of knowledge.

[and cute. she said cute. she really hopes that it gets taken well and not, eww, keep those things to yourself]

Ugh, really? Seeing my grandparents' corpses after they'd been all made over and fussed over was bad enough.

[she fully expects that moment to be used against her at some point]

Oh. Oh. Oh, that sounds terrifying! Especially the plaything part, I don't want to think about that ever happening at all.