Quote Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
For my amusement I've looked further into the Hooting trait of my 'son' Destroyer of Hope.
It is possible to lose this by chance, but it is also possible that it will get worse to Hiding_From_the_World or even Unhinged_Loon. There's no losing the trait when you get to Hiding_From_the_World. (This is part of the Insane trait enum, there are also TouchedByTheGods, Deranged, ReligiousMania and PathologicalLiar enums to name but a few).
It is also possible that our new diplomat will lose his Tactless triat, but if it gets worse to Discourteous there's no going back.
In my 2 RTR campaigns, both times my current character has gotten 'hooting' and once he got 'hiding from the world'.

That should explain why I was reluctant to take him

Back to hiding in an amphora vase for now.