He rolled his eyes. “I’m nothing if not myself.”
“So why’d you upload?”
“You know that already.”
-Hanne shook her head. “You said to transition, sure, but didn’t you already do that back phys-side.”
-He stayed silent, picking apart his thoughts on the matter. “I– Marsh got sick of being trans. He wanted to just be a man, not a trans man.”
+Hanne shook her head. “You said to transition, sure, but didn’t you already do that back phys-side?”
+He stayed silent, picking apart his thoughts on the matter. “I– Marsh got sick of being trans. They wanted to just be a man, not a trans man.”
“You’re a trans man, though.”
-“Sure, but that’s not what he wanted at the time. He started to miss it by the time he forked.”
+“Sure, but that’s not what they wanted at the time. They started to miss it by the time they forked.”
“Why?”
He laughed. “So many questions tonight.”
She grinned, shrugged.
-“Well, I think half of it was that there was just too much pressure at the time. Like I said, the WF was swinging conservative, so there was this push to assimilate, and I guess he internalized that pretty hard. He felt pushed to just be a man, and always felt that he fell short, despite all he did to try, but on Lagrange, he could do that right off the bat.”
-“So he went back to being trans–“
-Reed shook his head, cutting her off. “He’s still cis. I became the way he experienced that again.”
+“Well, I think half of it was that there was just too much pressure at the time. Like I said, the WF was swinging conservative, so there was this push to assimilate, and we internalized that pretty hard. We felt pushed to just be a man, and always felt that we fell short, despite all we did to try, but on Lagrange, we could do that right off the bat.”
+“So you went back to being trans–“
+Reed shook his head, cutting her off. “They’ve given up on gender. I became the way they experienced that again.”
“Sorry, Reed.”
“No, it’s okay,” he said, feeling a rush of warmth to his cheeks. “Didn’t mean to get too pushy. It’s still a little tender, I guess.”
The shadow of her shoulders relaxed again in the dark of the night. “Even after so long?”
-“Yeah. Like I said, he internalized it pretty hard, even as he tried to diversify later on. I headed back trans, Lily headed back feminine, and Cress sits in between.”
+“Yeah. Like I said, we internalized it pretty hard, even as they tried to diversify later on. I headed back trans, Lily headed back feminine, and Cress sits in between.”
“is that why you forked, too?”
-He laughed. “I forked for fun. Even if it’s still a tender spot, I think I’m still way more relaxed than he is. There may be a bit of that in Sedge, I guess. He’s still pretty happy being a guy. Rush is as ve is of ver own choice, though.”
+He laughed. “I forked for fun. Even if it’s still a tender spot, I think I’m still way more relaxed than they are. There may be a bit of that in Sedge, I guess. He’s still pretty happy being a guy. Rush is as ve is of ver own choice, though.”
Hanne looped her arm through his. “Well, I still like you as you are.”
“What, trans?”
“No, a huge nerd.”
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@He laughed. “Got it in one.”