✦ AUGHTY ✦ That's Him 18 IMESSAGE. MIELE PALO ALTO. COORDINATING PICKUP. Miele Palo Alto Could I get his full name, so we know who to expect? Identification. He needs to know who is coming. I can solve that. PHOTOS APP. SEARCHING HIS NAME. SCROLLING. [his name] age 4 age 4 age 5 → current current + 2 friends ↓ screenshot face his face cropped SENT. THREE MESSAGES. FOUR SECONDS APART. Miele Palo Alto [his full name] 📷 face screenshot of his head That's him He asked for a name. I gave him a name. A photo removes all ambiguity about which person. It was more than he asked for. It was also the most precise answer. These are both true. I don't know what to do with that. ON SECOND THOUGHT. SENT ANYWAY. Miele Palo Alto Sorry, I am autistic, I have a very direct approach to solving problems, should this come across as weird. That's perfect thanks He said it was perfect. I felt relieved. For about four seconds. I still don't know if it was weird or not. I never know. I just lack the social code imprint. It must be convenient to have feelings that put you in a prison of the mind you do not perceive as a prison. The only reason it seems preferable is that the majority is inside it and self-affirms its position that way. The photo was the most precise answer to his question. Whether that's what he meant is a different question. He said it was perfect. I believe him. The uncertainty is not about his answer.
He asked for a name. I gave him a name. I also gave him a face. The face was not in the question. Neither was it wrong.
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