"Hey, who's that guy sitting over there?"
"Oh, he's that one socially awkward guy you find at every party"
"Yeah, I get it that he's socially awkward, but why is he sitting alone?"
"Are you even listening to yourself? You're repeating one and the same thing" he lets out a laugh
"First of all, these are two different things because being socially awkward does not have to mean that the person is alone, I mean, he has to have someone who he knows, right?"
"Woah, woah, woah... You're not actually thinking of going and talking to him, are you?" he asks, offence visible in his tone
"What's the harm? He doesn't look like he'll bite me or anything, so why not?"
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"Hi" she says, approaching the guy sitting in the corner
"Uh... Hello" he replies hesitantly
"Don't worry, I'm not here to eat you" she tries cracking a small joke, to ease him up
"Ma'am, I don't mean to offend you, but may I ask why you came to talk to me?" he asks, almost scared
"Because I saw you sitting here without company, and thought you will appreciate some company"
"That's very considerate of you, ma'am. However, I must warn you first up, you shouldn't stay too long with me, if a lot of people notice you, you may get into trouble"
"What trouble?"
"Isolation."
"What? What isolation?"
"The whole idea of grouping people based on their interests and excluding the ones who don't have the same interest as you. I mean, I know that humans need groups to survive and show the world how sociable they are, but what is happening to me is not what anybody ever addresses."
"Oh, you mean to say that you're the odd one out in all groups, huh?"
"Yes"
"Oh you silly little man" she lets out a little laugh "Come with me, just for a second and if you still don't get along with the people here, then come back and sit down again, just the way you previously did, alright?"
"It seems okay I guess"
"By the way, my name is Neeti, and yours?"
"Abhay"
"For a person whose name translates literally as fearless, you do seem to be stuck in contradictions" she says, cracking another small joke.
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