Madness string 1276

Random mermaid
Keep treating someone like they're normal, and eventually, they may turn out to be normal.

Pacifism falls down because it assumes everyone wants to live peacefully. But some people are sadistic, malicious or predatory. You can't reason with that because they do want conflict. So if their attention turns to you, you need to make it very very inconvenient for them to continue with their bullshit.