[You're a different person now. That means more to him than she might realise. He rubs his arm absently with his arm, his tail twitching with leftover anxiety.]

I- I guess you're right. I'm just not used to doing it and sometimes...I dunno. It feels like I'm hiding it from people when they don't already know. I guess a part of me was worried people wouldn't want anything to do with me if they knew the truth about who I was.