I'm a few days behind again and just got to the part where Alice claimed
@welp is a man. I can think of three possible explanations for that.
One, welp has so much info that she can't be anybody alse than Ioan.
Two, she found some random dude she is now convinced is welp, and
Three, she read welp is in IT and in Alice's 1960s brain that can only be a man's profession. An incel man's, obviously.
I kinda hope it's number two because it would be too funy, but in reality it's number three.
(Am I gonna read 10 pages from here that Alice explained herself? Reading this forum with a three day delay is a bit of a bummer. Missing all the fun while it's on.
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