[Mabosstiff leans into the ear ruffles, his tail wagging contentedly.]

Can you blame me? I saw more Pokemon than people growing up.

[But this isn't about him, so he quickly moves on from that.]

I mean, I guess it's natural to be afraid, but having a heart and at least trying to understand is important too. It's like with Aubrey, kinda. People being crappy and making a whole ton of assumptions.

That's what I'm saying with Garm, though. It's like he's a...ugh, what do you call it? You expect it so of course that's what you get.

[The term he's looking for is "self-fulfilling prophecy".]