Ashley elaborates on why she dislikes labels.
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- The mall
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- Saturday, 6 days before the seer meeting
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- Greyscale
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- Portrait
- Three rows: three panels in row 1 of which the left one and the right one are narrow, three panels in row 2, three panels in row 3 of which the left one and the right one are narrow (total: nine panels)
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| Elliot | Seriously, though, I don't see why you don't like the word bisexual. My sister's bisexual. There's nothing wrong with it. |
| Meanwhile, at Charlotte's place, Ellen reads from her cellphone. | |
| Ellen | (thinking) Huh, according to this, I'm a bisexual heteroromatic? Neat! |
| Nanase | You're not just browsing the internet, are you? |
| Ellen | ...No? |
| Back at the mall | |
| Ashley | I'm fine with "bisexual". If I was filling out a form (and "none of your business" wasn't an option) I'd totally select bisexual. |
| Ashley | The word simply existing was a big deal to me when I was younger. |
| Ashley | I just pretty much don't like being called anything, or told what I am, or should be. Except maybe cute, but nobody say's "you're a cute",so it's not really the same. |
| Elliot | Oh, okay. ...No, wait, I'm still confused. |
| Ashley | It's like... Part of why I don't like labeling people is that labels mean different things to different people, and they come with their own prejudices and expectations. I don't know what I'm actually telling people with labels. |
| Ashley | And when it comes to who I'm attracted to, that's not really anyone else's business unless I want to tell them, and I'd elaborate anyway, so what really matters is what I'd like to call myself. |
| Elliot | And you don't like labeling people in general, so you don't want to use any to describe yourself. |
| Ashley | Right. I'm not a bisexual Asian ballerina socer player gamer girl. I am a person who is a citizen of the United States with ancestors from Asia who dances ballet, plays soccer and video games, whose sex is female, and can find men and women attractive. |
| Ashley | I am Ashley, and I am what I am. |