Ophidian nodded and smiled.<span style="color: #006600">"i would greatly appreciate that."</span>he looked over and smiled happily before he looked at Animus again and nodded.<span style="color: #006600">"those 'mixed reactions' are called feelings and that, at least to me means you are alive. Order can be hung up on whether or not you have a soul. your maker can call your life malfunction. but to me all you need is feelings to be alive and original thoughts to be sentient. you have both and while you may be quirky and still learning about some things all of us go through that kind of thing. for example, humor was easy for me but sarcasm took me years to figure out and i still miss it on occasion. without having seen how others treat you i can't really give you much advice but perhaps if you point out how their treatment makes you feel some of them will adjust their behavior... people rarely chance quickly but over time some of them may be kinder." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>