Good. [He gives her shoulder a squeeze, since her hands are clutched around the fox.]
You've come up against a contradiction in your mind. It's as if someone were to insist to you that Officer Snuggles is red. You know he is white, that he is a naturally white fox from a planet known for white foxes, and that he has always been right. But if everyone around you insists he is red, refers to him as red, and tells you that you are wrong when you insist he is white, you may begin to believe he truly is red. When you look at him, you get a headache, because you see he is white, yet your mind tells you he is red.
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You've come up against a contradiction in your mind. It's as if someone were to insist to you that Officer Snuggles is red. You know he is white, that he is a naturally white fox from a planet known for white foxes, and that he has always been right. But if everyone around you insists he is red, refers to him as red, and tells you that you are wrong when you insist he is white, you may begin to believe he truly is red. When you look at him, you get a headache, because you see he is white, yet your mind tells you he is red.
Does that analogy make sense to you?