“It’s because empathy is usually portrayed as a feminine ability, one reserved for girls and girly men,” admitted Zorian. “Ahhh,” nodded Imaya. “Of course a boy would be bothered by something like that.” “I’m not sexist or anything,” Zorian hastily added. “But I already receive a lot of comments about my supposed lack of masculinity, and they’re annoying enough as it is. I really don’t want to see how bad they would get if they had this sort of ‘proof’.”
