Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Really, letting this other kid get inside that firewall of hers and misjudging him so completely? A complete aberration, and to her-- a full system failure. To her, "how did this happen" is a pretty important question in light of that.

Well, because she's human.

And because he is very, very good at it.

Apparently, he has a THING, too, only he apparently likes to use it to emotionally twist people for his own amusement.