[This is not at all what he expected to hear from her, to say the least. Maybe he had assumed they were after the same thing, a way to actually be normal, but it all seemed so simple to him. People weren't going to change to accept them, and he certainly isn't going to accept himself like this.]
I know every bit of what that feels like, in case you forgot. At least you had a way to hide when you had to. Do you know what I'd give for that?