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... I get that in the grand scheme of things this particular incident arguably isn't worth getting fussed over, but I have strong feelings about proper consent to medical procedures.

SCSF: Well seen! And I think it would not have been too hard to ask Faraday this, so I would say it is a fair point.

Okay, I get that Yr may very well adhere to a different modesty standard but deliberately making people uncomfortable when you don't need to is not a good look. This honestly reads as mean, she knows Timozel is trying to do the proper thing here!

Yes, I think mean does describe it well.

... Hang on, is Douglass implying nonsexual male-female friendships are impractical and unfeasible?

She indeed is, it seems. Hmmm, I should have expanded on that a bit more, I think... Thank you for catching this anyway!