A Man With No Friends
We see a man with no crew and assume something in him is broken. Often it's the opposite — he got tired of fake. But the comforting version skips a line the research draws sharply. A small circle you chose is one thing. No one at all is another, and the body doesn't read them the same way. So before you pity him, or hand him a trophy, ask the quieter question: did he choose the quiet, or did it choose him?
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