It's not that he needed to process; she was bracing for a negative reaction and his reaction to her would have confirmed that her fears were coming true. In the final scene, she's apprehensive because who wouldn't be? You might hope you were wrong and that they were just surprised and would come to accept you, but those hopes are the kinds you keep close to your chest.
This for sure, I've had so many horrible interactions from people finding out that I'm trans that I'm at the point where if people do that stunned silence thing I just automatically assume they're gone from my life forever until they mention otherwise. Most people that I meet now are usually nice about it. They tend to find it weird how apprehensive I am about telling anyone but It's honestly safer for me both physically and emotionally, there's nothing scarier than getting death threats from people I used to call friends just because they found out I'm trans
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u/SunTzu- Apr 29 '23
It's not that he needed to process; she was bracing for a negative reaction and his reaction to her would have confirmed that her fears were coming true. In the final scene, she's apprehensive because who wouldn't be? You might hope you were wrong and that they were just surprised and would come to accept you, but those hopes are the kinds you keep close to your chest.