your salvation's a let down!

I do think the ability to emoji-react is a net win for human communication. not only does it give you an outlet for 'I see and acknowledge this but don't have a verbal response' but it also adds a pleasing alethiometer element to things

The electric eel at my aquarium has a voltmeter attached to his tank, and whenever he pumps out a burst of electricity–either when he’s navigating his tank or getting fed–the meter lights up and makes noise. Sometimes, I’ll walk past him when he’s snuggled up and totally motionless on his log, and see the voltmeter going crazy.

If your friend is struggling, the signs might not be obvious. A cry for help can take many different forms. Try checking in on them if you hear them express any of the following sentiments:

I love the idea of Grace occasionally habitually slipping into Rocky’s speech patterns, but I’m even more obsessed with the idea of Rocky (who likely had to modify his own language much more heavily for Grace and his translator to understand it) occasionally slipping into his “talking-to-Grace” pidgin around other Eridians.

I love that Adrien is just getting bigger and bigger, eveytime I see art of them they've grown like 10 feet. we're making them stronger