Benched characters anon, here. Thank you for clarifying the situation so eloquently. I have autism, so empathy and tone-awareness doesn't come as easily to me as it should, a lot of the time. Thanks for the patience, and I sincerely apologize to both you a

Well, for my part, please don’t worry, I don’t think you were dismissive, you just had a question!

But thank you for the kind words and for speaking up like this. I think really helps people to hear that there are others who struggle with they same problems they do, I know it has helped me often in the past.

Very best wishes!