James nodded. "It's... I know how that is. Kind of. I never - well, I guess we all feel broken sometimes. I did, in high school. But it wasn't - you know, Mortimer was the first other ace I met for sure, that I knew about. I was just..." He laughed. "Stubborn as hell, or something, because I was just, well, he likes boys and she likes girls and he likes both of them, why can't I like none of them that way? And all of them at once, in my own way. I actually made up the word 'asexual' for myself. Time I met Mortimer, I was pretty secure in my sexuality."