"More than that?" Cam said, their interest piqued. They understood gods who represented aspects of the world; they were a staple of the fantasy settings that Cam had spent so much time imagining. But they weren't sure what Wessex meant by "more."
Cam gave Wessex a slightly nervous, somewhat self-deprecating smile as she mentioned how obviously Outlander they were. Hey, that wasn't a bad thing, was it? Oh, wait, Queen? "Wow, you're ... royalty? Should I, uh, bow or something?"
That probably wasn't the appropriate way to speak to a Queen -- and neither, Cam imagined, was a deep dive into gender and pronouns. They tensed up at Wessex's initial inquiry, too ready for their literal queerness to be met with hostility -- then relaxed when it became clear that Wessex did have some context for the idea, even if that wasn't how Cam would have phrased it. "Yes. I'm not a man or a woman, so I use 'they' instead of 'he' or 'she' as a pronoun. Uh, pronouns are the words we use to refer to someone when not using their name, right?"
They weren't sure if explaining grammar to Wessex would make them sound condescending, especially if she was a Queen.
Cam gave Wessex a slightly nervous, somewhat self-deprecating smile as she mentioned how obviously Outlander they were. Hey, that wasn't a bad thing, was it? Oh, wait, Queen? "Wow, you're ... royalty? Should I, uh, bow or something?"
That probably wasn't the appropriate way to speak to a Queen -- and neither, Cam imagined, was a deep dive into gender and pronouns. They tensed up at Wessex's initial inquiry, too ready for their literal queerness to be met with hostility -- then relaxed when it became clear that Wessex did have some context for the idea, even if that wasn't how Cam would have phrased it. "Yes. I'm not a man or a woman, so I use 'they' instead of 'he' or 'she' as a pronoun. Uh, pronouns are the words we use to refer to someone when not using their name, right?"
They weren't sure if explaining grammar to Wessex would make them sound condescending, especially if she was a Queen.
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
