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Being an empath, Caleb has the ability to experience the emotions of others as his own. The strength, clarity, and understanding of these emotions varies based on familiarity with the person or persons, as well as proximity to them. He tries very hard not to react to a person's emotions, but sometimes, it gets the better of him, and he might blurt something out. In the interest of avoiding awkward infomod moments, I decided to make this post.

Caleb currently uses the color system to identify some of the emotions that he feels from those around him. Every person experiences feelings differently, however, and so not every color means the same for every person, even if the emotion itself feels more or less the same between people. These are the common colors he uses for the following emotions:

Anger is red.
Concern is traffic-cone-orange.
Sadness, is offwhite.
Happiness is pink.
Disappointment or shame is black.
Pride, i.e., feeling proud of an accomplishment, is gold.
Exhaustion, especially that 'bone-deep weariness' that accompanies depression, is blue.

For those emotions that don't have a specific color, or for which the color system doesn't properly apply, Caleb has physical sensations that allow him to clarify what they are.

Curiosity feels like Pop Rocks or ants against or beneath his skin. It makes him feel itchy and restless.
Nerves, especially those associated with flirting, are a very specific butterfly sensation.
Disappointment feels like sludge in his belly.
Pity feels like toffee in his joints or in his mouth.
Surprise feels like falling, giving his stomach a swooping sensation.
Pride feels like sunshine. Self-pride, as mentioned above, feels like inner sunshine, while feeling proud of another person feels like bathing in sunshine.
Calm is usually a blanketed, quiet feeling.

These two systems have helped Caleb focus on how to differentiate his emotions from those of others.

I will always, always do my best to make sure that nobody is unaware of or uncomfortable with Caleb's 'reading' of a person, using OOC methods such as DMs/PMs/Discord etc. If you don't want Caleb to be able to get a reading on your pup, we can assume that Darrow has muffled his power regarding them, and he'll be confused, but maybe also relieved. So, below are a couple of questions that could help make Caleb's interactions with your pup a little smoother and more interesting!

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>How clearly would you like Caleb to feel your pup's emotions?</b> <b>Caleb categorizes emotions into colors, and sometimes, one color shadows over all the rest. What color would you like Caleb to see your pup's emotions as?</b> Someone who is always angry might have emotions constantly tinted with red. Someone with depression might have largely blue emotions. Caleb associates himself with yellow. Or, make up your own color and what emotion it might relate to!