He shrugs. "Maybe they're just really dense? Or maybe they actually did notice but are keeping quiet for some unfathomable reason. Maybe they're more Slytherin than I imagine. Or maybe they think it's just the work of makeup and that since I'm not really a girl it doesn't matter. Or something."

He looks at Karen and says, "Well, it's... I mean, it's like itself? Like, some days I just feel like I'm a girl, and some days I feel like I'm a boy. Some days I don't feel like either of those so I just go with whatever I was before."