Wild Berry Meadow Life begins when you know how it ends

He gets in close, for some reason, but Maude pays it no mind, instead wondering the reason behind the closeness in the first place. She blinks for a moment, giving him another once over before she speaks up. Ye was born a woman, eh? She asked bluntly, without any disgust or anger. She asks purely for clarification, but forgets to mention that she was born a man, waiting for him to respond instead. If she was smarter, or more considerate, she would have thought that maybe, just maybe, that such a question might be as much as a trigger for him as it was for her.