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Villager: Zatarin Ezigark

The badger shrugged, carefully smoothing his sweater while managing not to damage it with his claws.
"I think you're doing fine, honestly. Though I will say that not every conversation has to be meaningful. Case in point, I have a lot of meaningless discussions on a daily basis." Like that time he listened to his son prattle on about dinosaurs for two hours...
"I guess I am just not used to having to actually speak with other adults outside of work or my husband." Lexi hummed thoughtfully and snorted at the question.

"It really depends. I treat everyone with respect, and try my best to appreciate others for who they are - but I'll be honest. There are plenty of people out there who I don't like. It's usually pretty obvious after a few minutes, especially if you know me well." Lexi laughed, shaking his head. "My husband likes to say I give people the lazy eye."

Lexi waved as Karia left, an odd habit. "Good luck!"

"Yeah, I agree. Learning is an exercise in of itself, you know. Sometimes things don't work out the way we envision em, and that sucks, you know, the whole. Growing up thing." Lexi waved a paw and blinked at Zatarin.
"I tend to leave it up to the individual to decide what they are, and where they want to sit on the spectrum." He jumped slightly as Zatarin leapt off of the couch and pointed at him. He might have puffed up a bit, but quickly went about smoothing his hackles as the saggitauri began to laugh.
"I can't use magic. Call me... mag-tose intilerant." He wiggled his finers at Zatarin before shifting slightly in his seat. "It was definately amusing, I almost hit the ceiling though. You got me." He laughed and shook his head.
"You'll find I have a lot of patience. And besides, if people talk to me, that just means I'm a good listener." The badger paused and blinked sheepishly up at Zatarin.
"... about myself? Gosh. I don't think anyone besides my husband's ever asked me to talk about myself before. Well. There was that one time Hunter asked me to come in and talk about my job for class..." He tapped his chin.

"I'm kind of a soft guy, I guess. I try to be a good role model for my kids, and I worry too much about things that most people wouldn't even notice. I collect smooth rocks. I'm... really not that interesting a person." He snorted. "Now look who's being depressing. You should probably ask me what exactly you'd like to know about me, before I give you the encyclopedic run-down of my life."

"I don't know if he knows how to use his antlers in a fight, honestly." Lexi shoved a stick of gum into his mouth and put the packet away, chewing thoughtfully. "Though he might accidentally poke you with them. You're a bit above them so it'd probably just be your arm or something." Lucky.

"I've thought about putting bits of pool noodles on the tips, but he does his best to be careful. I haven't asked him if he'll shed them yet. He got offended when I caught them once - but, well, you know, I like having working eyes. If only I were shorter." He laughed, shrugging. "Everyone has their days. I learned that a long time ago." The badger canted his head to the side, chewing his gum thoughtfully. Om nom.
"You're about average, so far as I can tell. As for him getting hurt... I think it's less a physical hurt and more of him hurting himself mentally, trying to understand interpersonal interaction..." Lexi blinked.

"Full transparency - you've likely got a few good habits in there he could stand to pick up. You've got an even keel, and at least a few friends." He shrugged. "As much as I don't want anyone to get hurt, sometimes you learn things when it happens."

Lexi snorted, pulling out a piece of gum. "Would either of you like a piece?" He asked, offering the package. He may have made an odd chittering noise at the growl, something of an aborted laugh.
"Alright. Hopefully this will be a learning experience for him. Though I'd discorage you from attempting to fight Killi. He really despises going to the doctor's, so he'd probably find someplace to languish until someone goes and checks on him."

The badger sighed and shook his head. "Kids."

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"That's good." Lexi replied, looking from Zatarin to Karia as she began talking. "Oh, jeez, yeah I can imagine that'd be a bit of a trainwreck." He'd had to break up a few drunken barroom brawls during his time as an officer, after all.
"Oh. Well, it could be that, but it could also be that they're, you know, drunk." Lexi said, digging in his pockets for something... that turned out to be a packet of gum. "It's not stupid. I meant... I just wanted to know if you were okay. You know, after whatever happened with Killi earlier." The badger smiled softly, and shrugged. "The only stupid questions are math ones."

Lexi snorted as Karia fell off, shrugging. "Zatarin seems fine to me, though I suppose I haven't really given him a reason to turn his grumpiness on me." He hummed at the explanation, before shrugging. "It is, but most stereotypes do tend to come with some truth. How can you grow out of a trait you don't understand you have?"
"It could just be Killian though." He watched the pile grow with amusement, leaning back in the chair - it was oddly comfortable. "I'll let him know you aren't angry, and weren't angry - he probably misunderstood something, it was just odd that he chose to show up at my place. I mean. I told him he could, it's just..." Lexi waved a paw, as if lost for words on something. "I agree with you on the bar thing. I don't think the kid's had a whiff of alcohol his whole life. It'd be a mess." He could only imagine the kind of trouble the pair could get into.
"You're fine though, right? I mean. It's none of my business, I guess, but... well. You know, I just have to ask."

"G-gothic cotton...." Lexi paused, before laughing. He almost doubled over, occasionally wheezing as he tried to catch his breath. "That needs to go on a shirt." The badger wiped a tear from his eye and followed over to where he was told he could sit.
"Oh, it's alright. It is dark out, and you probably don't get visitors this time of night... It's nice to meet you, Karia." He doesn't seem bothered that she is some form of large spider.
"Besides, I've had worse when it comes to being at someone's door." He replied with an easy smile.
"Ah. Yeah... that probably spooked him. You know how deer are, it takes a while for them to outgrow their skittish nature. I'll talk to him about it when I get home - the sooner I figure out what wild idea crawled up his shirt, the sooner I can explain that you likely weren't about to stab him or something. He might be in his early 20's, but he's still a kid, I think." Lexi paused. "Er. Don't tell him I said that. He seems to think I consider him an adult."