luckily I'm hypothetical

[Dawn scrolls through his blog. 

He looks at this post, and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one.

He looks again at the photo the anon is complaining about. You can’t even see the hair, just a vaguely reddish blur.] 

2/2 reds have feelings? I mean in a very broad sense, not necessarily like you and I do. Did things feel good or bad to you? Were you ever afraid or content? Are there things that affect reds' feelings, if they have them? For example, if one has to be put down, should we kill the whole family so they don't miss them? Of course I understand if you never want to remember being red and don't want to answer. Regardless, I thought you'd like to know the difference you've made.

Yes, reds have feelings. Before decontamination I grieved when my parents died and I was happy when I spent time with my cousin and I cried when Biyan happened and I was thrilled when Shasali Aven’s new caste was announced and I was terrified when a certain murderous blue sent me messages and I loved my friends and family. Every year my district would celebrate with food and light and color on the darkest week of winter, and I looked forward to Splurge for all of fall and the first half of winter. 

So, yes, reds have feelings, and the things that cause those feelings to change are pretty predictable. We grieve for the same things cleans grieve over; we’re happy about the same things cleans are happy about; we celebrate in our districts with light and food; we’re afraid when we’re threatened and relieved when the threat is gone. 

Reds live in danger, and they know that, we knew that - it’s why Miolee is such a gift, because it represents somewhere that ex-reds don’t have to be in danger anymore, it’s a place where we can flourish like anyone else - but find me a red who has never lost anyone they care about and I’ll find you someone under the age of three.If one member of a clean family died, would you kill the rest so they didn’t have to grieve? Of course not. Other people would grieve the family, and even Met doesn’t have chain executions for all its executions.