"Sounds good." 

"Do you have any questions for me?"

"...I'm a guy. I know I don't look like it, but I am. Is that going to be a problem, I was told you're like half Catholic — I can deal with it if it is —" 

He starts laughing. 

"I take it the answer is no, then?" 

"Chris Parker is trans and he's been part of Eros since we were wanderers. He runs half the government and he's terrifying. If you have any trouble, you can talk to him. --The pope has ruled that trans people are fine."

"Thank you. — seriously, there is no amount of thank you that would be enough." 

"No, thank you, for the first time in eighteen months I have a reason to wake up in the morning other than the fact that Asher would have been disappointed in me if I didn't," he does not say.

"If you want testosterone talk to Rebecca, we already get some for Chris, it's less potent than it used to be but you'll still probably wind up having to shave," he says.

"I think probably not, I like my voice where it is, but — thank you, again." 

"Anything else?"

"That's all that's urgent." 

"Then I'll get back to work. Loki is outside."

Sasha lets Lev get back to work and goes outside. 

When Sasha is gone, he stares at the door and says, "Fuck."

He follows Loki to room 221, F block. 

Room 221, F block, has a window and a bed and a closet and a desk. His new clothes have already been hung up in the closet; his bag is on the desk, next to soap and a toothbrush and some other basic supplies.

"You can ask for art on the next scavenger trip," Loki says, "art's light."

"It's so big," he says, slightly awed. "— I haven't slept in a room alone in ages, this is awesome." 

"You can get settled in if you want," Loki says, "or I can give you the tour."

"I'll take the tour." 

Tour!

The chapel is here. The dining room is here; there are snacks available all the time, and meals are served from six to nine, eleven to two, and five to seven. You can tell what time it is based on the bell ringing. (The bell rings four times while she says this; the sound does not in fact sound particularly like a bell.) The community calendar is here: it has things on it like "choir" and "breastfeeding support group" and "D&D game" and "MOVIE NIGHT!!!!!" You can vote on the movie over here; right now the Ender's Game movie is winning by a comfortable margin. Here are some of the rooms social things happen in. Rebecca's office is here (they stop here to figure out when she'll be free next). The library is here. 

The library has so many books.

The library has so many books. He makes mental notes of where everything is, thanks Loki and goes back to his room (his room!! he gets a room!!!) to unpack. 

He still has what's left of the supplies from Nova, half a can of whipped cream from the waffle bar, a slightly ridiculous amount of duct tape, a can of purple spray paint, some of his old clothes and a beat-up all-in-one Lord of the Rings paperback. It's not a lot to offer, but — he is objectively good at scavenging, he got them batteries and books and Loki was enthusiastic about him and Lev seemed happy, he'll be fine. 

(He still doesn't really believe that he'll be fine.) 

After a while, a knock comes at his door.

He answers it. "Hello?" 

"Hello, I'm Chris. Lev told me to stop by so you know who to talk to if someone is misgendering you."

He is about Sasha's height but otherwise looks pretty similar to a cis man; he looks compact but muscular, and either he's a very young old or he was seventeen before the bliss. He's not particularly someone you would want to cross.

This... seems like an inefficient use of Literally Half Of The Government. He does not say that. 

"Thank you."