oh no. when I'm walking around outside with a particulate facemask (because of all the smoke in the air), I settle into a stance of emoting.
specifically, I enter fursuit mode.
@leafnoodle Good thing you didn't adapt to communicating with sqeuaky toys!
my nose and mouth are covered by cloth, breathing is consciously managed, and strangers can't hear me or read my expression so I nod dramatically. this is spectacularly weird.