"Yeah, that was... an experience.  I'm pretty sure we were not the intended audience and were just collateral to him talking to the other Very Serious People involved.  If he meant to give you advice he'd text it to you privately, in accordance with fundamental basic advice etiquette for beginners."

"Yeah, that was... an experience.  I'm pretty sure we were not the intended audience and were just collateral to him talking to the other Very Serious People involved.  If he meant to give you advice he'd text it to you privately, in accordance with fundamental basic advice etiquette for beginners."

Personnel has elected not to say anything about her attempts to text Catchall to tell him not to do that around someone with Merrin's neurotype, nor about how it turns out you can't just text Catchall directly because other people are silly about trying to text him, nor about how she worked out roughly one minute after it was too late that she should've just poked one of the Keepers or any number of other people physically present who'd have Catchall's direct contact route.  Personnel is reasonably sure that she's not saying this because it would make Merrin feel uncomfortable, rather than because it would make Personnel look stupid.

"Yeah, that was... an experience.  I'm pretty sure we were not the intended audience and were just collateral to him talking to the other Very Serious People involved.  If he meant to give you advice I'm sure he'd text it to you privately in accordance with incredibly fundamental basic advice-giving etiquette."

Personnel has elected not to say anything about her attempts to text Catchall to tell him not to do that around someone with Merrin's neurotype, nor about how it turns out you can't just text Catchall directly because other people are silly about trying to text him, nor about how she worked out roughly one minute after it was too late that she should've just poked one of the Keepers or any number of other people physically present who'd have Catchall's direct contact route.  Personnel is reasonably sure that she's not saying this because it would make Merrin feel uncomfortable, rather than because it would make Personnel look stupid.