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alternatively they're unaware of the condensing and are instead very fucking confused how so many of them appeared out of nowhere??? and these new guys are just chill with humans???

ugh talk about cultural appropriation :/

i think it’s funnier to imagine they’re unaware of the condensing and don’t understand why there’s so many domesticated borrowers all of the sudden LMFAO

first off,,, i think it would be *hard* for a borrower to assume a human identity, but not impossible. ESP if they have a human friend who can help them say the right things???

the condensing was a mess tm. if sombody showed up and said “yeah, i was condensed in another state”, but there’s no records of them in any condensed database?? the system is so disorganized that, they could genuinely be telling the truth. a lot of condensed people don’t have direct access to paperwork like birth certificates, ssns, and all that stuff anymore, bc the original files fucking dwarf them physically. can’t exactly stick that shit in an envelope somewhere. and sure, you can get tiny copies,,,, but that’s a whole ordeal. it’s not uncommon that most people didn’t.

and a borrower wouldn’t know this on their own

but if somebody told them?? if they had a trusted person to manage money they make from a job? or they find one under the table? if they got their hands on modern clothing and accessories???

it’s possible maybe

also,,,, think about the minor key trio meeting a borrower for the first time. i truly think they’d be a horrible first impression on humanity 😭

clara’s showing them vines, coopers making them try a redbull, and kai has somehow turned this into an interrogation with all his questions

Taking it Slow Mad Little Hatter Noon

CLOVER AND JONAH: (parental g/t, future canon)