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In Urithiru, he pretends not to notice humans' discomfort in his presence, and he habitually exaggerates his facial expressions and de-emphasizes the Rhythms in his speech to put them at ease.{{book ref|sa4|38}}{{book ref|sa4|74}} Sometime between the Battle of Thaylen Field and the Alethi campaign to Emul, he takes workform in hopes of looking less like the enemy. However, workform's vague visual similarity to slaveform causes humans to treat him like a parshman, which he finds intolerable, so he returns to warform.{{book ref|sa4|15}}
He struggles with reductive stereotypes and discrimination in general, no matter how much he tried to change for others. He is fully aware of how people around him stare at him and fear him, to the extent of many simply making up stories about him to try to justify their prejudice. He is also aware of how people on both sides of the war distrust him.{{book ref|sa3|55}}{{book ref|sa4|79}}{{book ref|sa4|109}} He
He hates how he is seen as a symbol, a representation of his entire people, and wants to instead just be seen as a person.{{book ref|sa4|79}} All of this makes him feel like an outsider, and he feels that as the war goes on, he is only becoming more and more of an outsider.{{book ref|sa3|55}}{{book ref|sa4|79}} He hates it when people use racial slurs to describe the singers and listeners, though he doesn't speak up for them or for himself, simply saying "it's all right," when they apologize to him, as that is what they expect him to say. He sometimes accidently attunes the Rhythm of Irritation when he says it, betraying his true feelings on the matter.{{book ref|sa3|55}}
For a long time, he struggled with feelings of being a traitor to his people, not just to the Listeners, but also to Bridge Four.{{book ref|sa2|79}}{{book ref|sa4|42}}{{book ref|sa4|96}} Over time, he grew to love himself more and get over these feelings.{{book ref|sa4|96}}
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