"Awesome. You know it's always there, and so am I." Because no one deserved to hate their home life and while Keara was left alone often, she loved her da and brother dearly. But she also understood what being a disappointment to a parent was like. Her mother still wouldn't speak to her beyond taking the chance to talk about her unnaturalness and how she was disgusted by it and so would others be.
It was probably part of the reason that she was awkward about being at some party showing off most of her skin, especially if she stayed as a girl. "Yeah? You really think I'm hot?" She smiled a little at him, honestly trying to figure out if he thought that or just thought wanted to make her feel better about what was coming.