Friend used their remote machine learning setup to find the next person similar to the people who had burned their home. On Facebook, their account page had a profile picture that was just words: "I told you I do not want a hug!". Friend sent them a Facebook message, saying "I'm so sorry I'm still communicating so poorly; how do I refrain from hugging you?" Friend asked around the community. When asked about this person, everyone asked would suddenly say, "I really don't like hugging!" and curtly turn away, sometimes denying service or offering thinly-veiled death threats or sudden physical violence. While being beaten by what seems a small anti-hug-gang, friend curls up, starts punching themselves too, and offers the clothes off their back and personal slavery as an expression of care and trust. The few strong people stop harming them. "Uhhhh it's really not that big. Why didn't you make it right? The person whose photo you're carting around doesn't want to hug you."

"I'm so sorry if I've upset you!" "Nothing personal, just doing my job." While pondering what the job of a realtor is, friend walked by a few stores and thought they might pick something up to make peace with whoever murdered the person they knew and had their house burned down. They clearly focused on hugging a lot. Friend found a gift card with a picture of somebody keeping respectful distance. The card said "All my support!" in large letters. Friend bought a box of chocolates, wrote "no hugs needed!" on the card, with arrows showing how far apart the people were, and affixed the card to the box of chocolates. Feeling a little discouraged about buying a home, friend went back to the first person who had likely burned theirs, since they failed to find the second. This person would certainly know whom to send the chocolates to.