[Ah, that’s right. Casually joking around about your mental health isn’t something most people just do. It’s been so long since he’s interacted with new people.]

You’re worried? How sweet. [Okay, he can tone down the perkiness a little, even if he does think it’s kind of this stranger to pursue it at all. That’s not so hard. If he keeps telling himself that, maybe it will be true!] I’m okay, thank you. I thought making that joke might be better received than potentially having to explain fluidity of gender, but I forgot that it’s disconcerting to hear those things.