I did have a level of empathy to detect the emotions that they did not express, though I interpreted it as a physical expression. I once had a raging argument with Lian over the simple premise “Joral smiles at you all the time.” Lian swore I was crazy; I swore Lian was oversensitive about being the object of a Sadiri crush. Now I understand that Lian honestly couldn’t see that faint hint of a smile that I’d persuaded myself was there to account for my certainty that Joral derived pleasure from Lian’s company.
Fucking cool… this is growing my own sensitivity to my own body/emotions!
