Blackfeather Woods the winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,

This subject hadn’t came up in awhile. Hasn’t ever really, not since Zephyr had first corrected him. The yearling never could’ve imagined Zephyr having this much trouble with his gender, mostly because he believed everyone would be accepting as him. Phillip was surprised to find out that wasn’t the case. Some would even go out of their way to argue with him. Why is that? Why was it so hard for others to accept Zephyr for who he was? Phillip’s heart ached for his partner.

I didn’t know you felt that way he murmured. His throat was even more dry than before. That’s so.. terrible. They’re terrible for that. And- and wrong! You are normal, and they can’t change that.