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[abnormalizes]

[It's Evangeline! She's not wearing the flower she usually wears in her hair.]

Job searching seems to be a pretty popular topic here, so here's a related question: how do you write a resume and describe your skills and work experience without sounding violently unhinged?

Like I was thinking of applying to be a garbage collector, because I'm used to cleaning up dead bodies and have a high tolerance for bad smells from that. And at home 'experience with handling corpses' would be a perfectly reasonable thing to put on a job application, but I get the impression that it might be kind of a red flag here?

-Also, if you don't have any advice on that, then tell me which of these supernatural accessories says 'promising employee candidate' to you.

[She holds up a red flower with roots in one hand and a... headband of golden eyes? in the other. The look of the eyes might be familiar to people who read her last post.]

I could wear them both, and I usually would at home, but for a job interview I'm a little less concerned about power and a little more concerned about fashion.

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[abnormalizes]

Helping is the least we can do, in exchange for the relative safety and security of being here. I don't mind doing my part at all.

[meliorated]

That's so kind of you. I know that we don't know the specifics of the reason why we've been sent here -- but, I don't doubt that your efforts are appreciated in the meantime.

[abnormalizes]

It's natural to be grateful for being taken from a terrible place to one where you're safer, right? I don't know if I'd call myself especially kind for that.

[meliorated]

You're right about that being natural, but -- kindness comes in all shapes and sizes, doesn't it?

[abnormalizes]

-I wouldn't really know, I wouldn't consider myself a kindness expert or anything.

[meliorated]

... Me neither. To tell you the truth, it feels a little like I'm learning about it all over again.

[abnormalizes]

It's pretty amazing, huh? The things people will do just automatically, without even realizing they're being kind.

[meliorated]

You're right. When it's instinct like that -- it reminds you that people are inherently kind.

[abnormalizes]

They really are. I never thought people were inherently selfish or anything, before - but I didn't get to see them at their best like this.

[meliorated]

Are you talking about your home again?

[abnormalizes]

Yeah. It's a lot easier to be kind when it isn't so hard just to survive.

[thanks, capitalist hellscape]

[meliorated]

( She can relate. At one point, she would have become a monster if it meant protecting someone important to her. She would have made an enemy of the world if she had to. )

In that case -- I hope you can stay here for as long as possible.

[abnormalizes]

I hope so too. If I didn't have family at home to take care of, I wouldn't mind moving in.

[But she'd always be worried about her parents if she did that.]

[meliorated]

It sounds as though they're important to you.

( She can't really relate, but it's nice to hear that regardless. )

[abnormalizes]

My parents worked hard to give me as happy a childhood as anyone could have had in the Backstreets. The least I can do is try to take care of them now that I'm grown.

[meliorated]

... I see. I've taken care of children who are less fortunate -- who were left without parents. Even if I've made a difference... I know that it would've meant more to them to have parents.

You're very fortunate.

[abnormalizes]

I know I am. But - I also don't think that adoptive parents are any lesser than biological ones.

[She could be some child's parent, and make them happy, too.]

[meliorated]

You're right. Sometimes, a family is found in places you least expect, too.

( She knows that from experience. )

But, there are a lot of children who haven't found that yet.

[abnormalizes]

That's true. -I don't know whether to wish you a quick return to them or to stay here longer where it's safer.

[meliorated]

There are people counting on me at home.

But, it's my friends who I want to stay here.

[abnormalizes]

That makes sense. I'd feel the same if I had friends from home here.

...Well, there's Binah, but she's the kind of person who might honestly get on better at home than here.

[meliorated]

It's a little strange to read that, after wshat you've said about home. Is it due to having another type of job?

[abnormalizes]

We're coworkers, but before that she was an Arbiter - a professional killer for the government.

She's a very, very scary person.

[meliorated]

Despite that, I have the feeling somehow that you don't think that she's as scary as you're saying.

I've known some people who have to do some scary things, too -- who seem like they could be frightening people, but... they had a kind heart regardless of that.

[abnormalizes]

Oh, no, I'm completely serious. I was honestly terrified the first time I met her, and the only reason I'm less scared of her now is I've come to realize she doesn't really care enough to murder me if I say the wrong thing.