Mhm, try to pass the same test when I inevitably give it and we can call it even. [ Alex's chill is not quite as all-encompassing, nor as upbeat. He's been living to be overlooked for as long as he can remember, purposefully coming off as a bit boring to hide the pile of weird that is his life. Even without the need to hide, he's still leaning heavy into the stereotype of a quiet, bookish nerd who talks more to his pet than other people. Something that's getting harder the more people he keeps meeting. ]

I have two younger sisters and some cousins who made sure that my fragile pride was decimated before leaving junior high. [ Antimony, especially, was gifted at this. Waking up at the kitchen table after falling asleep doing homework with pencils stuck in his nose and falling into his baby sister's increasingly complicated pit traps made for a very ego-eradicating childhood. ]