So I just gotta say, this dude, this guy here.... he's, well, he's amazing. Flawed, sure, but a wonderful man who treats the people in his life better than he treats himself most of the time. He's kind, sensitive, empathetic and beyond humble despite how this may or may not appear... the man has no qualms about admitting when he's wrong or owning when he's done wrong, and strives to learn in those experiences as to not repeat the same mistake. He will always try to understand all sides of all things, even to the point of occasionally having a better grasp of an opposing point of view than those with it. Dude's also pretty f'n smart too, or at least his capacity for knowledge is seemingly endless, and his passion for anything he deems interesting is literally tangible... trivia, as a game/contest is something he seems to dislike, but I would bet dollars to donuts that he doesn't have the correct answer to all the questions on all the cards, my man likely knows more about things he's not really interested in than people who're hella interested in them... I have more than thrice heard someone refer to him as an encyclopedia. I'd be deceptive if I said he was without his negatives; despite his social skills and genuine love for socializing, he's introverted to the point that his close friends calling it Loch Ness Monster like, you'll catch a glimpse of him and it'll be a big deal only to turn to tell your buddy that he's there and he vanishes for loooong stretches, isolating himself for months, longer sometimes. And when you know him, if you know him really well which I suspect few ever do, you may learn that he is that way, in his reasoning, shield himself from what he feels is too much to even begin to understand, even with all his empath tendencies, he can't wrap his head around it. It causes him great pain, not that he doesn't understand the mechanisms, just not the result. Almost like a top level mathematician solving for all the variables in a complex equation correctly only to get the incorrect answer to the overall problem over and over again. What is this "thing"...? Well, it wouldn't be very sporting of me to just tell you, now would it...? I've know him nearly my entire life and it took me a long time to come to this realization. I've known one, nay two other humans who also realized it without directly being told and they likely knew him as well as I or dern close to at least.... and upon their getting it, both were said to have at that moment elevated their opinion of him while at the same time being overcome with great sorrow for what it must be like to walk in those shoes..... me, myself, I feel like he's enlightened in a sense, albeit by a terribly dark and heavy light, but isn't that true of any enlightened state...? The enlightened bear the burden, willingly, allowing the uninitiated the bliss of their ignorance...? Nah, it's not my place to put this man on blast to that degree... besides, it's not like he keeps it secret, get to know him, truly know him and along with many other wonderful things, you'll begin to understand this in time. In fact, it seems to be painfully obvious at a certain point. Quite literally so if you're an empath like him. Overall, the pros here far outweigh the cons, and on the surface level, a casual friendship offers only the former. And despite his longing for his Unicorn Princess to be revealed, so far the vast majority remain on the surface or maybe slightly beneath. He's worth it, if you like what you see,you've got nothing to lose.... Also, if you deem youself a Princess of Unicorns, or even a Countess of Cryptids, don't waste another precious moment, for your Prince awaits you now.