Chéri turned, their eyes big, their smile warm. It was all compensation: they had no idea how to talk to anyone most of the time because their understanding of the English language was quite limited, like in this case.

“Hey!” the girl had said. She didn’t look annoyed, but Chéri still checked around them, to make sure they hadn’t damaged anything. Nothing in sight that could belong to her, so Chéri turned their head on the side and asked “What?” their voice was much deeper than one might expect. They had very feminine features and had it not been for their hair and clothes, they would have been too androgynous to be recognised as a man or a woman.