"Gender isn't a diagnosis," Magnus says, immediately and firmly. Of this he is certain. He's learned about how it's been used as one in the past, and come down on the side of 'strongly opposed.' But he abandons his attempt to try to categorize Qi Yan anyway, instead taking everything she (they? he?) says at face value.

He still does have one question, though. "You have no desire to answer to feminine titles," he says. "Does that include pronouns?" He's mostly avoided thinking of Qi Yan in terms of pronouns since they met, and he wants to make sure he's doing it right. "Would you prefer masculine ones, or neutral ones?"