People can be predictable. If you spend enough time observing a person, their actions, and their reactions to certain stimuli, you can notice the patterns and be able to predict future reactions to similar stimuli. But no matter what, you will never be able to read people.
Reading is different. Reading implies an absolute knowledge, the way you can read a script or biography or a story and you know for 100% fact what is going on in a person's head. That's an ability that nobody has.
We can only go on what we observe, which are actions and words. Actions can show us how a person may be feeling, but they are not crystal clear. They also do not show us every little sliver and flash of thought that pops in and out of our heads without actually coming to surface. Words, similarly, are limited by what a person chooses to share about their own thoughts. They also assume that people are not lying about their thoughts and feelings when speaking about them, which is not always a good idea.
What goes on in the minds of others will always be a mystery. It is frustrating to know that there is this vast quantity of information you will never know, but it does also make it so much fun to make your own characters and finally be able to read them like a book. And if not fun, at least it is pretty satisfying.
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