i stand by the headcanon that basic emotional honesty is the one thing that truly confuses helen distortion. she’s more than alright with people pretending to like her for the sake of being polite. that’s how it’s supposed to be. she’s lying to you, and you’re lying to her. that’s what she knows. but if you mean what you say and you say what you mean, well…she doesn’t really know what to do. that’s not supposed to happen. it makes her feel weird and wrong, but in a way, she almost wants it. there’s something addictive about the truth, it’s so antithetical to her very nature that she can’t help but crave it, even if it hurts her in the end.