[There's a long pause on John's side as he mulls over how to answer that.]
He's... I don't know, honestly. He stops himself sometimes, but other times he just gets so wrapped up in a thing, especially when he's upset, he doesn't react like he should. He knows what he should be doing. He knows manners and the like. It's like that switch that most people have got that tell them to shut up is turned off most of the time for him, and he has to take time to consciously flip it on, where most people have the default set to on.
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He's... I don't know, honestly. He stops himself sometimes, but other times he just gets so wrapped up in a thing, especially when he's upset, he doesn't react like he should. He knows what he should be doing. He knows manners and the like. It's like that switch that most people have got that tell them to shut up is turned off most of the time for him, and he has to take time to consciously flip it on, where most people have the default set to on.