"What, me?" Sparkle grinned faintly and shrugged, lifting his glass and taking another sip. "Louder, darker, busier places than this, usually. It depends on the mood, and if I'm with anybody. I figured we should probably start with something quieter before I drag you to, like, my favourite gay bar or something."

For reasons including but not limited to a whole lot of things that could go terribly wrong if Seivarden started fucking up pronouns in a place that attracted trans folk looking for a safe space to socialize.