"I can teach you. There are lots of places to practice, and cars these days practically drive themselves."

She takes a sip of her tea as a way of encouraging him to do the same, and nods, smiling. "Promise. It's not perfect, I mean there are plenty of problems still, and it's not like everyone loves and accepts everyone else. But on the whole, things have gotten a lot better. Not just about sexuality, but about gender equality and civil rights... There's always more improvement to be made, and there are ways that the world is still sort of shitty. But yeah. It's better."