Could've fooled me, at least until you mentioned your age.

Perhaps it's different where you're from - where I come from, it's generally not acceptable for someone to make friends outside of their age group, their finanical range, education level - that sort of thing. Those who do are strange, deviant, you know.

You're the third or so person to tell me that I don't seem all that awful. It's unusual. I used to be called all sorts of things - a man-eating demon, a villain, anything you could possibly think of - but everyone here seems to disagree.