#unlike Tuuya Arty doesn't hate itself for its feelings

[cloudbattrolls]

Arty's a whole lot better at withdrawing and sticking to its guns on trying to be a good sterile machine who won't offend anyone with Untoward Comments or Feelings than Tuuya was when they tried.

Both of them have intense emotions, but Tuuya is not, for all they tried to be, very good at repressing them. Tuuya is only so good at denying themself before they fold if they're actually being told yes, despite all the guilt they used to feel.

But Arty knows it is a wildly bad idea to let itself feel anything like that, and is pulling back from even making jokes, so that it won't think about such things and experience any longing again. No pointless suffering, no risk of making anyone else uncomfortable. It's so much better this way.