[color=lime][b][u]Letters to Cripto: #7[/u][/b][/color]

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[i]Dear Cripto:

What's the hardest part of having ASD (autism spectrum disorder)?  I may be the 10 millionth person asking you that question, but my son is about to graduate from WU with a master's in psychology, and given his degree, his thesis is on the topic of how autism can make like difficult, especially for those with superpowers.  I didn't think it was possible for someone to do a thesis on that topic, but we are seeing more autistic kids gaining superpowers almost identical to yours, because we have all those cartoon characters in the real world, and it's apparently protecting our world instead of destroying it.  I should know because I had my daughter write that apology letter to you when she got superpowers and wished for the PAW Patrol in the real world.  My wife and I are over it now, though; those may be the friendliest dogs I ever met.  I wonder what they would look like if they somehow became anthro?

Anyways, I hope you and your rock band are doing well in these difficult times.

Sincerely,

Charles Malay, age 42 (human)
Wildcat City, Kansas, USA[/i]

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Cripto's response:

[color=white][i]Dear Charles:

I appreciate you writing to me; one of the best things about being a G-52 is getting to talk to the people we protect from the forces of evil.  I think the toughest part about being autistic (although I am of the high-functioning variety) is judging myself too harshly.  Too many things that were trivial or weren't directed at me I took personally.  I took all criticism as destructive, even if it was actually constructive; constructive criticism is not a bad thing.  The second toughest part is wanting to draw attention to myself; that's what got me in trouble to start with when I'd pull money out of thin air.  CNG took that ability away from me, though, so we're safe.

I'm not positive what the dogs (and single cat member, Wild Cat) in the PAW Patrol would look like as anthros, but that's left up to one's imagination.  I had advised your daughter to talk to you before she calls them for help, because not everything is that kind of emergency, and this is the real world.  We dial 911 for emergencies; we don't call Ryder like they do in the show.  That's a totally different world.

We must all do our parts to get through the CNG crisis, but because it thinks it has to reward the good and punish the bad, it thought it was benefitting your daughter by giving her superpowers.  I just had one question to ask; what were you folks doing when she got superpowers?  All the kids like her get superpowers because of something somebody else was doing.

Keep in touch, now.

Yours truly,

Cripto, a.k.a. Nathan Knight, Furry Fury frontman[/i][/color]