"...what's going on," is the first thing out of his mouth, when he sees the looks on his parents' faces. Maybe he should already know, but — he doesn't.
"Society disapproves of being homosexual. Are there other things that are bad about it for you?"
"...not really?" He's had boyfriends who weren't a great idea but so have most straight girls, that's not a homosexuality thing that's just a dating thing.
"Hm," she says. "Supposing you don't change, what's the worst thing you think might happen?"
"And what's the best outcome if you do successfully complete this program?"
He literally cannot think of a way for being a straight man to not be a bad outcome.
"I get a job I love and have enough time to read books at the same rate as my to-read list grows and I have friends and a girlfriend who share at least some of my interests and whose company I enjoy."
"So it sounds to me like there are some advantages of being homosexual, but also some negative consequences, like social disapproval and fear of violence. Is that right?"
"I'm not actually particularly afraid of violence, but you asked what the worst-case scenario was."
"What I hear you saying is that your homosexuality is not very much of a problem for you right now. What do you think it might take for you to change in the future?"
Christine continues to ask questions with the theme of 'have you considered that being gay is maybe actually bad?'
He continues to answer them on the theme of "Being gay is awesome, actually" until his session is over.
Christine begins by talking with him for a few minutes about sports, before saying "Marlo, do you mind if we talk for a bit about your homosexuality?"
"On a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 is definitely ready to change your homosexuality and 1 is definitely not ready to change your homosexuality, how ready are you to change?"
He almost says ten before he pauses, thinks about it, and says "Nine to nine and a half."
Because he's lying for Sasha and Asher. "Because at this point I should know not to give answers that certain."
"It sounds like you are very motivated to change. On a scale of one to ten, can you tell me how confident you feel in your ability to change?"
"...I was trying to be normal for most of my life and apparently it didn't work at all."