Everest
"I've read that some predators--" Wait, was there a difference between a carnivore and a predator? Were all predators carnivores? Or were all carnivores predators? Help, help, help! Ever's brain whined as the boy forced the rest of his sentence out. "--need to kill their food themselves or they won't eat it."
Running various mental models to determine the likelihood of serious trip-related accidents versus biohazardous ones, Ever hardly notices that Mateo is tying his shoe for him until he's already done. It's a bit too tight for his liking, but that's an easier mental load to bear than the catastrophic situations which would undoubtedly have followed. Meanwhile, one of the guards is saying something about how a boy of Ever's age should really be able to tie his shoe himself, though the Hart-boy is too focused on Mateo's question to hear.
"Yes please. Unless that's inconvenient, and then I can wait." He really couldn't, but he would, because of course being a burden was far worse than mentally imploding.
Running various mental models to determine the likelihood of serious trip-related accidents versus biohazardous ones, Ever hardly notices that Mateo is tying his shoe for him until he's already done. It's a bit too tight for his liking, but that's an easier mental load to bear than the catastrophic situations which would undoubtedly have followed. Meanwhile, one of the guards is saying something about how a boy of Ever's age should really be able to tie his shoe himself, though the Hart-boy is too focused on Mateo's question to hear.
"Yes please. Unless that's inconvenient, and then I can wait." He really couldn't, but he would, because of course being a burden was far worse than mentally imploding.
