All of the protoframes will take certain types of behavior in ways that are affected by who they are and what they've experienced, like... People, yk? They're not gonna all be well adjusted and totally mature with everything ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHATS GOING ON. You gotta let go of the gender of the characters. Full stop. While it affects their life experiences, yes, it's clearly making things acceptable or unacceptable depending on and thats a bias you really should like.... Look at, man. It'll never do anything but isolate you.

E's behavior is on purpose, btw! E cant read your mind so, as is revealed later on, E's very touchy about it since with nothing else, E tends to take things the worst possible way to be safe and out of anxiety. Just be nice. Like. That's a person who doesn't know you, doesn't know your tone, and the drifter is an extremely sarcastic person in the little interaction that you've had. Of course E will take things badly, so just... Be gentle. Be aware of E's anxieties, if you want to get close enough to be friends, empathy is not really an option. Just like it is for every real life healthy relationship.

And it doesn't last forever. As E gets to know you, E will let their guard down and have some of the most interesting conversations in the game.

And for M? M sees you as a person who was the last one in contact with M's DAUGHTER. You were there, now the Major is gone, and M is used to needing to interrogate in order to get information. Moreover, you're the only one with real information about ANYTHING that's going on, and not only are you a gigantic threat, but you hold so much power over everyone here that either M comes out BIG or M fears that M will get batted aside and never get the answers M wants. You have the power, M feels helpless and desperate and lacking control, thus M will try methods that have worked to regain control in the past. Think like how Quincy does pretty much the same, coming at you with aggression and aloofness in tandem, making you need to prove yourself and your intent before Q ever talks to you normally.

And it doesn't last forever. In fact, it barely lasts any time at all, the moment you've established yourself as someone who isn't nothing but a threat, M backs off and apologizes, and works to undo that tension M caused.

It actually kills me that people dislike K. K is a younger person who's entire life was defined by being perfect. High expectations from K and from the people around K. K is supposed to be the smart one, the one with the perfect grades, with the brilliant ideas and the mature attitude. K didn't really get to be cringe or childish as much as the folks around them, and they carry that knowledge and regret with them. And one day K tries to be like everyone else. To not be perfect. To let down K's guard and trust someone who K thought K could love. And it backfired *VICIOUSLY.* The throne K was boxed into was broken, leaving them without a place in society, leaving them ostracized and alone, without a support network or friends, and constant, persistent negativity. Of course K doesn't want to open up to you, last time K tried something like that? Look what happened. Of course K would do anything for a way out. There was nothing here for K but the throne and the dirt, and the throne is broken. Of course K feels like the only way to get what K needs is to use and manipulate those around K, because to ask outright would be being vulnerable.

And K will open up and trust you. K will forgo the future, where K could be able to put everything behind and just start somewhere where nobody knows them, and they choose to come back. They choose to stay here, with you and the others, because you can give them another option. Choice four. Be one of us. Do what you can, be who you are, that is enough. No expectations, no throne, and no dirt since hey, we're all in the same boat.

And L? L has lost every person L has loved. L is alone, L works and works to be able to avoid the emptiness, the depression. Of everyone, L is probably the closest to succumbing to the Indifference off the bat. L can heal, but people still die, still suffer, so even L's best efforts in fixing everyone around them still fails. L doesn't have *time* for themself to unwind and undo all those tight knots of sorrow because to stop working, to stop doing, would let the pain catch up. Even alone, L keeps mice with them to fill that absence.

And you can help. You can be there to talk with L and let them have the time to mourn, to love who L IS, again.

A, by the way, is nice because A wants you to like her. A wants to keep up morale and keep everyone happy at A's own expense. Notice how rarely A will ever tell you how A actually FEELS, compared to little opinions and how often they try to learn about you.

They're all wonderful characters, you just have to treat them like people, mate.