“So, what I’m about to tell you,” said Ether, always unsure of quite where to start, “will trigger in you a reflex. First you will deny it, then you will get angry. What I want you to understand is that this reflex has been trained into you, specifically to block out what I’m saying. When we’re angry, the listening parts of our brains go dark.” “That sounded like a long way to say, ‘Promise you won’t get mad,’ which I think is scientifically the world’s worst way to begin a conversation.”
