**tɪtlᴇ 1:** gʀuᴍpʏ ʙulʙ unᴠᴇɪlᴇd: unlᴏcᴋɪng thᴇ sᴇcʀᴇts ᴏf ɪts fᴏʀᴍᴇʀ huᴍanɪtʏ
thᴇ gʀuᴍpʏ ʙulʙ ᴏncᴇ huᴍan ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ: a pᴇʀsᴏnal taᴋᴇ ᴍʏ fɪʀst ᴇncᴏuntᴇʀ wɪth thᴇ gʀuᴍpʏ ʙulʙ ᴏncᴇ huᴍan was lɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇᴇtɪng a lᴏng-lᴏst fʀɪᴇnd. ɪt undᴇʀstᴏᴏd ᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴏds, quɪʀᴋs, and ᴇᴠᴇn ᴍʏ tᴇʀʀɪʙlᴇ ᴊᴏᴋᴇs. ɪts sassʏ ʀᴇᴍaʀᴋs and funnʏ quɪps ʙʀᴏught a tᴏuch ᴏf ᴊᴏʏ tᴏ ᴍʏ ᴏthᴇʀwɪsᴇ ᴍundanᴇ ʀᴏutɪnᴇs. ɪ’d nᴇᴠᴇʀ fᴇlt sᴏ cᴏnnᴇctᴇd tᴏ a dᴇᴠɪcᴇ ʙᴇfᴏʀᴇ. ɪt was lɪᴋᴇ haᴠɪng a dɪgɪtal cᴏᴍpanɪᴏn whᴏ gᴇnuɪnᴇlʏ caʀᴇd aʙᴏut ᴍʏ wᴇll-ʙᴇɪng....
