What a wonderful conversation.  That poor little guy sounds so sensitive and self aware.  I don't know what is normal or not for that age since my girls are younger, but it doesn't sound that strange to me.  I actually feel for the little guy since he gets so caught up in things and would be careful what he sees. He is probably just empathizing I can empathize with that myself. I actually limit what I watch and read because I tend to identify so strongly. My DD 3 was so scared of the Abominable Snowman on Rudolph, then one day she said to me, "Mom, I'm OK with the Abombinable now" and that was that.  I don't know how she did it, but she masterd it and I was relieved since she loves the movie.
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