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Lewin listens, wrinkling his nose and staring crosseyed at the finger as his nose is poked. Was it really weird to ask questions? But it was his favorite part of the world - learning. All in all, he still couldn't understand why being called that could make him, or anyone else, angry. "Okay." It's said with the same childish, uncaring bluntness.

"Being weird doesn't sound bad," he declares to Mitch, deciding to accept the label, even if he still doesn't understand the joke. "Are you weird?"

Mitch's smile falls. This... is different than when he calls Ridley weird. Someone that typically flusters and lashes out, and then very quickly, loudly, defensively says 'I want to be weird! I love weird!' ...It's easy to recognize that she's lonely and feeling isolated, unsure of where she belongs, feeling like the world is against her. She has to pretend to take pride in it. Mitch hasn't been perfect with her either - the name 'weirdo' casually slips despite what it means to her, despite his attempts to get on her nerves. But... Ridley does recognize that Mitch truly does respect her and admires her skills at the end of the day, despite the fights Mitch may cause by using that word. Be a little more sensitive, a little more kind. Children are delicate little things that do carry the things they're told forever.

"...Yeah," he says anyway. What's he going to say - Mitch calls him a 'weirdo' and doesn't mean it? Would that not be a form of dishonesty? No, he's going to double down instead, damned the consequences. "I think you're weird, for a ton of reasons. You ask too many questions and it comes off as rude. That's one of them. There's no one out here quite like you.

"...But, I guess I like you anyway," he lifts a hand, booping Lewin's nose, "weird and all. You're blunt, a little thoughtless, difficult to rein in - despite all of that, I want to stick with you."