ALT grace and rocky have a conversation about rocky's pronoun preference grace: they/them? sure. but "it"? i don't think i've used it before. feels weird, as if you're an object. wc you're not. btw rocky: grace literally named rocky after an inanimate stone. null grace: okay, touche. but that was for more.. pragmatic purposes. heuristic. so my tiny brain gets around the first contact fast. it's more of a term of endearment, like a pet name. also buddy i'd address you by your actual name, if i actually could. please know that rocky: understand. rocky also used heuristics for grace at first interaction (grace is one note)

ALT grace: wait, you did? what exactly does grace mean in your language? in erid? rocky: irrelevant, statement. not the point of conversation (humans care so much about frivolous things like 'appearances' so much. might hurt grace with a simple name) grace, annoyed at the pivot: hmph. what's the point then rock? rocky: it/its will be a term of endearment. for rocky and grace. yes yes yes. just like my earth name. rocky likes grace: huh.. ok that works. that's a good way to look at it. thanks for explaining buddy. i'll use it rocky: thank thank thank grace: (it has a more nuanced understanding of gender than me... dang) rocky: (it is mine. giggles)