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Sometimes it's easier to communicate with Ferretfingers in writing.
This is from yesterday evening.
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The news recently has been causing considerable upset.
On Thursday night, just before bedtime, Ferretfingers plonked himself next to me and wailed "I'm upset by the Ukrainian invasion."
We had a even more noise and stimming
(humming, inchoate vocalisation and flapping) than usual before he finally settled
down to sleep. For the first time in
years I sat and lay on the bed talking with him to try and calm him down.
Every now and again when he’s on his laptop he'll give a sudden howl of anguish. When I go to investigate he’s watching some online news channel.
I am powerless to stop him, or to give him much comfort.
Compared to what thousands of people are going through our pain is minimal.
But it’s real pain nonetheless.
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