Dragoncrest Cliffs He's a little wiser, a little older

people outside of sapphique? this was something jadou had never truly thought about before. his entire world was the seacliffs, his family — why would anyone want to leave in the first place? and what were they like out there, if they were so different?
maman says dat men ousside be mean, the boy's chin stiffens in thought. how 'bout you marry someone here? like val? or me? or me brudda? we don' be mean. because, of course, that was a feasible option — marriage just means you love somebody, right?
flopping down on his side in order to roll around in the sand, jadou poses yet another question to his ever-patient cousin. d'you be a boy or a girl?