Oh, they never want you to be yourself. That's the fundamental rule of all social hierarchies. Be a palatable version, or an entirely fabricated persona, but never express your true self or tell the truth.
[People only really like her when she lies to them.]
It helps, of course, that people's "real selves" are more often than not hideously unpleasant. Including mine.
[It might sound rich coming from her when she'd found her initial impression of Erika so distasteful. Even Mio, who hopes their regular talks might have meant something, can't be completely convinced that the person taking the entire town by storm those first few days had been closer to the "true" Erika.]
I can't deny that people are always doing things for the sake of others, though. Whether it's someone's opinion, someone's orders, or someone's life... that's all the same, at least.
[Mio doesn't understand it, but Erika smiles, faintly amused at her phrasing. If she reflects on it, it's a bit more complicated than how she summarized it. But there's evidently nothing worth loving about her true nature, whether that be the sneering bully or the pitiful clingy manipulative little brat.]
We do things to be accepted by others so that we can live the lives we want to live for our own sakes. It's a fun paradox.
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[People only really like her when she lies to them.]
It helps, of course, that people's "real selves" are more often than not hideously unpleasant. Including mine.
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[It might sound rich coming from her when she'd found her initial impression of Erika so distasteful. Even Mio, who hopes their regular talks might have meant something, can't be completely convinced that the person taking the entire town by storm those first few days had been closer to the "true" Erika.]
I can't deny that people are always doing things for the sake of others, though. Whether it's someone's opinion, someone's orders, or someone's life... that's all the same, at least.
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[Mio doesn't understand it, but Erika smiles, faintly amused at her phrasing. If she reflects on it, it's a bit more complicated than how she summarized it. But there's evidently nothing worth loving about her true nature, whether that be the sneering bully or the pitiful clingy manipulative little brat.]
We do things to be accepted by others so that we can live the lives we want to live for our own sakes. It's a fun paradox.