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I have seen a lot of people headcanon the idea that Razputin may experience hyper-empathy. I think it is interesting to observe the differences in the way that he uses mental connection as an observation of that trait. Hollis displays the "correct" (standard) way of connecting thoughts and ideas in her mind which visually seems to involve guiding the thoughts around in a way that connects them as she processes her feelings via a train of thought.

All of the interns are shocked when they see Raz physically get into an idea in Hollis' mind. The fact that us (the player) only ever performs mental connection in this manner and not the implied "traditional" method puts us in Raz's shoes and I think it can tell us a bit about his innate connection to cognitive empathy. He immediately feels like he knows how to process the idea of empathy, and to him, it is through putting himself into the thoughts of others to know why they feel that way.

Even when he caves to the peer pressure in Hollis' mind, he does it only after hearing the interns make statements about how Hollis' stress is affecting her negatively. And you can see him immediately making his own mental connections as he processes the way that he would want help if he were someone in her situation.

I thought the connection between the way he processes the emotions of others and himself and the way those thoughts and feelings actualize into his psychic powers is interesting. He attributes it to being "old habits from the circus, I guess" but I feel that could be taken a number of ways. It makes it clear that he is unsure precisely why he processes this psi-power in a different way than his peers.

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the last human died today in captivity. it was 137 years old. it passed away peacefully in it's enclosure, under a weighted blanket, clutching a Squishmallow (a type of pseudo-companion favored by the infamously social human species).

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the last human's handlers are devastated despite knowing its end was near- the average lifespan of a human in the wild rarely exceeded 80 years. "it always wanted to talk to me" one handler tearfully recounted. "i'll never forget the smile it gave us every time we opened up for morning feedings. it was like i was its best friend. it really made you feel special". although the human had long since been removed from public viewings, those who had been lucky enough to see it during its exhibition days are similarly saddened by the loss. "i'll never forget," one former spectator said, "going to see the human exhibition when i was young. i was oddly frightened, but i was pushed to the front of the crowd in all the madness. it was quite the spectacle to see a human back then. i don't know if it could sense my fear, but for a moment, we made eye contact. and it waved at me. and i waved back. and it waved again, more excitedly this time." the former spectator chuckles. "they had to drag me away from the exhibit after that. i could have spent hours just sitting there with that thing, making motions at each other. how amazing it is, to be able to communicate with something so alien to you, in such a simple way".

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