And that was that. Female karyotype, functionally agender, but male pronouns and association with maleness was just more pragmatic. How poetic that the first thing she ever taught him was that femininity was associated with weakness and non-importance, and no one wants to be associated with that. She gave Kaveh the short answer: “Ampersand prefers male pronouns. I guess … you should ask Enola what he … they prefer.” “IT IS AS YOU PREFER, LITTLE COUSIN.” “Do you have a … chromosomal … karyotype?” asked Cora. “I HAVE A MALE KARYOTYPE.” “Ah, well, that keeps it simple,” said Kaveh. Cora inwardly
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