It took him a moment, in which he shoved some food in his mouth, to sort out where to begin. Some history was needed.

“You remember the time you asked about dancing with me?” Simon’s reaction hadn’t been the best, to say the least. Surely Silvio hasn’t forgotten.

“Um, I guess the best place to start is by saying my family’s very religious. And very conservative. I grew up in the middle of America, in Kansas City. My folks didn’t care much for my interest in dance. They thought it was indicative of a certain, uh, character flaw.”

That’s what they always called it. A character flaw. Something that, with enough self-awareness and discipline, could be corrected.

“Are you familiar with conversion therapy?”