Like other people? [ respect them, and be kind and people will like you more than if you're cruel to them. ]

There's something to be said for treating everything with respect. Or at least not being surprised if you treat something badly and it turns around and bites you.

[ alex chuckles as claude attempts to win the deer's affection but fails without the proper offering of snack for the snack gods. her free hand digs through her biscuit pack and hands him one. ]