In my experience, people in masks want to pretend they are being authentic So just go along with the game, I guess? I can see how it can cause problems if they start trying to take off your mask and you are like ‘no this is my face’ and they dont believe you
yeah I think I can be unsettling when I'm silently just taking in and processing what they said to figure out what my real response is
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