As one could expect, various thoughts flooded her mind, and for a brief moment, she was forced to truly consider her situation.
She was standing right there, on the verge of deciding how she ought to treat this person.
Now, normally, that wouldn't have been problematic. It was a decision people unconsciously made every day for nearly every encounter. But in this case, she had already interacted with him and had already formed her own impressions.
In fact, the entire situation existed because she had arrived at the wrong conclusion in the first place.
And yet, what was this?
Instead of properly learning from that very fresh mistake, she was once again on the brink of forming another opinion based on an observation she knew, without a doubt, was clouded by prejudice.
That realization forced a pause.
Because if she was going to judge him, then she needed to be honest with herself about the lens she was using.
