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You nod politely as he opens and closes his mouth in false starts several times before committing to the words. "There's something I want to ask you before we chat some more," he says. "I know this can be weird, even for humans, but I heard that your leader was agender, which I thought was pretty cool. So I wanted to ask, um…" He pauses, then tumbles into it. "Can I ask you what gender you identify as?"