"Hardly much to forgive," she assures him, touching his upper arm- casual, testing the waters as she goes, more friendly than anything else but still, perhaps, more friendly than they usually are. They talk rather than touch, after all. "I'm a cheat, not heartless." Anyway, she understands the concept of revealing your real self- or real status, perhaps that's more appropriate, considering the societies they have lived and currently live in- only to a certain, small circle of people. She's gay, and she came out in small doses, as it were; she's drawing parallels.

And- through her shock, her worry- she appreciates that he's told her. Especially before this. "I'm glad you came out with it before we got into anything," she tells him, before giving him a smile and adding, fondly; "Thank you."