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[WillWare is sitting in his room, playing on his computer. Enter Smart Alex.]
WillWare: Oh, hey there.
Smart Alex: Alone in your room again? What are you up to by yourself?
WillWare: I'm messing with the new update for my game. I've been waiting for it for so long!
Smart Alex: I see. Why aren't you, say, doing things with other people, like you said you wanted to now that you're in college?
WillWare: ...well, I suppose I COULD be streaming this.
Smart Alex: That's not what I meant at all.
WillWare: Hey, I've been connecting with some people on the Internet. I should get points for that.
Smart Alex: And how does that count for anything?
WillWare: Because before, I was apprehensive about letting some random person on the Internet be on my friends list. Now I have several of them.
Smart Alex: Did you actively seek them? Are you the one who sent the friend request?
WillWare: ...no. They requested me first.
Smart Alex: And you probably accepted because rejecting it would be rude, didn't you? Predictable.
WillWare: Hey, that's not true!
Smart Alex: Either way, that still doesn't count. What have you done recently to make some REAL-LIFE friends?
WillWare: I went to the BCM. I made some friends there. Then I went to the worship service with them.
Smart Alex: Did you? How courageous of you.
WillWare: *sternly* I went because I was invited.
Smart Alex: And how did that go?
WillWare: I left immediately afterwards because I ran out of energy.
Smart Alex: I see. Have you gone since?
WillWare: It hasn't even been a week, dude!
Smart Alex: Right, but it's open all the time for people to just hang out. You know, like normal people do.
WillWare: Yeah, I know. I haven't had the energy to.
Smart Alex: Maybe you should work some up, because this is getting pathetic. You can't even be bothered to go to a FRIENDLY environment.
WillWare: Do you even know about how being an introvert works? It takes energy for me to be social. I recuperate when I'm alone. I can't just overthrow my internal workings.
Smart Alex: Then what's all of this talk about overcoming your introversion...?
WillWare: That takes time. In the meantime, I'm chatting with my friends on the Internet.
Smart Alex: What's so different about it anyway?
WillWare: Well you seem to think there's a difference.
Smart Alex: There's a difference between having a friend in real life and on the Internet, but not so much how you interact with those people. If you can chat with someone just fine in a chat box, you can do it in real time.
WillWare: For some reason, it doesn't take as much out of me. I don't know what it is.
Smart Alex: Well, you'll need to figure it out, otherwise this'll happen every weekend from now until you graduate.
WillWare: As much as I want to say you're right, it's still not as easy as you make it sound.
Smart Alex: It IS easy. Watch, I'm going to chat with friends now. [Exit.]
WillWare: HEY, where are you... *sigh* Whatever. I guess I'll stream or something.
[WillWare resumes playing on his computer.]