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Less Pretentious Hylotl

Revises Hylotl scan dialogue to be less whiny, self-obsessed and haughty.

FU dependency fixed, herp derp.

Hylotl are cool and they have good bonuses in FU (therefore are fun to play) but their scan descriptions are, in a word, insufferable. Therefore, because I want to envision my Hylotl characters as being more likeable individuals, I altered a lot of dialogue.

I patched several hundred object files - the worst offenders. Some Hylotl descriptions are very neutral, but I focused on ones such as:
- Obsession with their own culture, in particular their extreme pickiness when it comes to furniture and what is "acceptable" to them. The scan dialogues I wrote are more positive of various stuff and favor a "function over form" mentality, and will paint a picture of a Hylotl who is jaded with their own inbred cultural norms and desires to be separate from their cultural hive-mind.
- Intense dislike of stuff made out of bones, and Florans in particular. Now your Hylotl will appreciate the craftsmanship that went into a bone-carved table rather than complaining that something was killed to make it. Your Hylotl will also no longer be a hardcore vegan.
- Doing away with their "enlightened pacifist" hat. Rather than haughtily decrying violence, the scan dialogues will suggest a more positive view of combat
- Obsession with "cute" things like stuffed animals and visual novel arcade games
- In general responses will be more objective/scientific and amoral.

Dialogue examples:

Apex Blood Bank:
Vanilla: "The Hylotl believe blood should stay inside the body."
Revised: "Blood harvested in the name of science."

Primitive Stool:
Vanilla: "What kind of monster would take rest on the bones of another creature?"
Revised: "It takes skill to carve bone into such a shape."

Teddy Bear:
Vanilla: "Eeee! A wonderful bear plushie. I love it!"
Revised: "A toy for children."

Moleman Poster:
Vanilla: "This may have been the most terrifying movie I've ever seen."
Revised: "Moles were a creature from Earth. For some reason, many Hylotl found them terrifying - hence, the movie."

Dance-Dance Machine:
Vanilla: "Mastering the art of Dance-Dance can prove very challenging indeed."
Revised: "This dancing game makes its presence known. That's partially why it's so popular."

Torture Bed:
Vanilla: "Torture should be outlawed. Barbaric and cruel. It's a sick, sad universe."
Revised: "Torture has been proven time and time again to not actually work, so why is it still so prevalent?"

Wooden Aquarium:
Vanilla: "One day I will free you, brother."
Revised: "I suppose fish must be a more interesting sight to Apex."

This mod does NOT affect NPC dialogue in any way. You'll be the odd one out.

IS IT COMPATIBLE WITH X?: Probably. This is just a giant pile of .patch files that change the description and nothing else. Frackin' Universe changes about 4 vanilla racial descriptions, non of which are ones I changed.

IS IT CLIENT-SIDE?: I doubt it, but I never really tried. Test it out yourself and tell me if it works.