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[caycay]

You've reached Cay-Cay! Feeling Cray-Cray?
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[caycay]

LMAO. The vibes are kind of, like, PA post-it notes, aren't they?

[But, anyway--]

What did I do? Not that I, like, don't appreciate it.

[citizendetective]

Regardless of your motives, are you going to help out that woman who reached out to you? The "new kid in town"?

[caycay]

Oh.

[Why is he getting flustered? Why does he feel like he needs to argue against doing something more-or-less nice?]

Well, I mean, it's in my best interest. Seems kind of like this is causing a mass exodus in custodial and I'm not about that cleaning the entire ship alone life.

[citizendetective]

Does the fact that it's in your best interest and other people's best interest make it any less of a good thing to do?

[caycay]

I dunno! I didn't think that hard about it!

[This feels weird! He's fine being a selfish teenager!]

[citizendetective]

Well, for the record, I don't think it does. And there's also nothing wrong with doing things in your own best interest! I don't even think there's anything wrong with that being your primary motivator. It totally is with me a lot of the time, and I'm Admiral-approved and everything.

[caycay]

[Cater has no idea how to feel. When was the last time anyone had told him they were proud of him? He couldn't remember. He didn't really do anything praise-worthy, like, ever.]

I'm so going to barf.

[Clearly flustered, being contrary is his immediate impulse.]

Guess it's a good thing I'm in custodial. LOL.

[citizendetective]

[With an edge of genuine glee:]

Am I like an embarrassing great aunt now?

[caycay]

It's like the family reunion I didn't ask for!

[Ugggh...]

But, uh...thanks.

[citizendetective]

You're welcome. And some other time, I would love to chat about how great and self-fulfilling selfishness can be, and how, if you really think about it, it's a sign of someone valuing themselves, and how it only becomes a problem if your own self-interest isn't just a very important thing to you but also the only important thing to you--

But we can talk about that later. For now, good luck with your meeting, Mister Go-Getter!

[caycay]

[That's a whole lot of words, Misty.]

Thanks, Auntie. I'll be sure to tell you all about it! Maybe I'll get promoted to be Big Boy Scrubber.