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[firewalled]

Yo! Needed you all to know something important, so listen up, train!

[Rich is standing in front of the monitor in the music room, hands on his hips, looking very stern and serious... but then he smirks.]

Have you ever gotten ads online promising hot bisexual singles in your area?

[...Is he actually shooting fingerguns?]

It's me. I'm the hot bisexual single in your area. Just thought you all needed to know I am currently on the market.

Please field all date inquiries to my mailbox. Or my sleeper car, whatever. I'm rooming with Alice, but we are not an item.

[She would pretty much laugh in his face if he even implied they were.]

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[subcircuits]

It's not. [He scoots all the way across the bunk to sit with his back against the wall, getting comfy.] Man and woman, right? And all men have dicks and all women have vaginas?

[its_dad_sanzo]

[ Koumyou scoots around as well to sit beside him, shoulder to shoulder. He visibly considers the question. ]

Well... maybe? Kanzeon Bosatsu, the Merciful Goddess, has both...

[ It's just not something he's given any thought to. ]

I assume there's humans and youkai like that too, but I've never met any that I know of.

[subcircuits]

We'd call that 'intersex'. Er, probably. [He actually feels a little strange applying a human label to a goddess from Koumyou's world. Hm.]

The Earth I come from, a lot of the cultures from Before had this thing where they only recognized two genders, and they thought your jennies-- that is, your genitals-- determined your gender. It was such reductive bullshit and caused a lot of people a lot of pain.

[Like most stuff from Before, lbr.]

We know now that the truth of the matter is there's a lot more to gender than just man and woman, and that jennies are more complicated than just male and female. When I say I'm cis, it's just a short way of saying I'm jenny-congruent-- that I have male genitals and I'm a man. But if I had female genitals instead, I'd be jenny-incongruent, so I'd be a trans man instead of a cis one.

[He hopes he's explaining this well. He peers over at Koumyou, drawing up a leg to wrap his arms around it.] You follow?

[its_dad_sanzo]

I think so...

[ If he sounds a little uncertain, it's only because that's a lot of new information about something he's never had a reason to think about. ]

So if your body doesn't matter... then how do you know what you are?

[ A very Buddhist take on all that information! Complete with existentialism for good measure. ]

[subcircuits]

[Devero blinks, and considers that for a moment, and finally shrugs.] You just know? I've always known I was a guy. I never liked being called 'she' or 'they' or any of the other pronouns, they never felt right. 'He' always did.

[its_dad_sanzo]

Huh.

[ Very eloquent, Koumyou. ]

[subcircuits]

[He leans his cheek against his knee.] Have you ever questioned your gender?

[its_dad_sanzo]

Well, no.

[ He hadn't even known it was a thing people could do until two minutes ago! ]

I also haven't lived around any women until this place! Temple life is very, uh, limited.

[ Like, he's seen and dealt with them, but only when traveling. Even Kinzan temple hadn't had anyone besides guys there. ]

[subcircuits]

[The big man opens his mouth, closes it, thinks for a moment, and then finally says:] I probably should have realized that.

Well, if you want to experiment with anything, let me know?

[its_dad_sanzo]

Experiment?

[ But he can't help but tease just a moment after, reaching up to tuck a bit of Devero's hair out of his face and behind his ear. ]

What, like wear some silky thigh-high stockings in bed?

[subcircuits]

[Devero immediately flushes red.]

...Can you do that anyway?

[its_dad_sanzo]

[ Koumyou laughs, delighted, and brushes his fingers against one red cheek. ]

And here I thought I was making a ridiculous joke!

[ Even with the books he's been reading, he's so new to all this. But, he adds a touch shyly, ]

...If you'd like that, sure.

[subcircuits]

[Devero grins and catches up his hand, nuzzling his cheek into the priest's palm. Wickedly, he touches Koumyou's thigh and purrs:] Imagine how good your legs will look in silk up to here.

[its_dad_sanzo]

You're the only one here who thinks any part of me looks good at all, Dev-chan.

[ And it's true, Koumyou certainly doesn't see it. ]

Well... maybe my face is alright. And I like my hair. That's about it!

[subcircuits]

Am I not entitled to my opinion? [He asks it oh-so-innocently.

He also reaches up and brushes back that cornsilk hair, his lascivious grin gentling.] I also happen to like your face and your hair, both very much.

[its_dad_sanzo]

Of course you are! Even if it makes you weird.

[ He's teasing... mostly. ]

And I'm very glad you like me so much, despite everything.

[ Oh, are we dangerously close to tripping over his self image? Why yes, yes we are. Time to sidetrack! ]

...So that's gender, then. What about sexuality? Is that an identity too?

[subcircuits]

[Sidetrack accepted.] Mm-hmm. Makes it easier to figure out who you might be compatible with for an intimate relationship, whether it's sexual or platonic.