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Originally Posted by BookCat
meera: there is an inherent contradiction in this situation:
"a person who reads in public places and hates being spoken to,".
This person likes reading. They also dislike human interaction while reading. Conclusion: find a private place to read. Question: why is this person reading in public places? The question could become the crux of the story, the situation and reasons leading to why this character reads in public when they hate human interaction while reading. But the simple answer is: find somewhere else, somewhere private to read.
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Did you not read my reply? None of the examples I gave were "I want to sit and read. I know, I'll go out and do that somewhere public!" They are various times where a person might be in a public or semi-public place and choose to fill in that time with reading. It's not a story, it's my real life, and that of many other people. I don't know why you're exerting effort here trying to tell me I don't exist, or I don't know what happens in my own life.
I don't view everyone outside my nuclear family as an enemy, by the way. I have a large and varied circle of friends and acquaintances. I don't think I became friends with any of them after a random public conversation. I befriend people with whom I share interests and activities, not because we have a common doctor or pharmacist or whatever.