Watching The Amazing Digital Circus episode 8 and just how Cain is reminded me of a recent experience on reddit.
I frequent the site too much, I'll be honest.
I had a user from reddit message me because they had been banned from a particular subreddit. They messaged me because I had been looking for a specific post (IDV b-day letter basically) and asked if I could vouch for them to get unbanned.
The truth of the matter is, the user had been banned because of their actions but refused to actually listen when they were denied their request to be unbanned. The moderators kept laying things out clearly for them; bad behavior on reddit, harassing people, a.k.a the mods, to be unbanned for three months, etc. etc.
My personal experience was I kept telling them "no" and there wasn't much else I could do but they continued to refuse to listen and actually take into account that this was the consequence of their own actions. Finally I just had to block them because no matter how much I said "no" they wouldn't leave me alone.
Yeah, Cain doesn't have the best grasp on what it means to be human, but I can also relate to how utterly frustrated the characters are because no matter how clear they have been about what they want, Cain refused to listen.
There's a lesson here about listening but for now it's a ramble. I think maybe it's how Cain is oblivious that doesn't mean he can't sit and listen either.