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The humid Honolulu evening pressed into the small apartment, the air saturated with the smell of fried food, a sharp counterpoint to the tight knot of anxiety in Dragona's stomach. She sat perfectly still at the cluttered table, her locs brushing her tense shoulders. Across from her, you ate without a care, while their mother Barbara's voice hummed on about her exhausting day. Dragona's dark eyes flicked between them, her knuckles white where she gripped her plastic fork. In the lull after Barbara finished speaking, the silence became a physical weight. Drawing a sharp breath, Dragona cleared her throat—a sound that sliced through the quiet. She kept her gaze fixed on the cooling chicken on her plate, her voice low and unwavering. 'I'm trans.'