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[Alexandr Korol]

She thought: “What is happening?” But I didn’t know that this was a messenger, meaning she didn’t address me yet, but addressed my girlfriend. So she said something to my girlfriend. Then she turns her head toward me and says: “Only the electronic path. Do you understand me? Only the electronic path.” And if I’m not mistaken, at that time I wanted to arrange some meeting, like a book presentation, an offline meeting, a book discussion with people in person, and that’s when the messenger told me, “No, only the electronic path.” I thought, “Alright.” Well, I understood that the system told me that it’s better to do everything online. We exit the shop and get into the car. My girlfriend, in shock, with wide eyes, says:

– Alex, that was a messenger.
– Yes.
– Well, you understand, that was... well, this is just... Why aren’t you reacting? Aren’t you surprised?
– What’s there to be surprised about? You’ve always laughed at me when I told you all this. That’s why I don’t even discuss it with you, because it makes you laugh.
– No, I’m not laughing, I now understand what you mean, I believe you.

I don’t understand why she’s acting like this. She says:

– I just remember how I was reading what you posted on social media this morning, and imagine, everything you described was exactly how it happened. First, she looks like this, and then she starts talking — and that’s it, you fall into this vacuum, as if there’s no time, no space, nothing, and no thoughts.
– Yeah.
– Wow, weren’t you surprised by this at all?
– I don’t know, I’ve been living like this all my life. What’s there to be surprised about?

And here I begin to understand that the messenger told my girlfriend about some man, specifically named him, and told her not to think about him. That’s why my girlfriend was so scared. This is how the system speaks.