[He nodded, and made a point of sending off that reply before resuming his search.]

I've, uh, been meanin' to ask...

[He scratched the back of his head.]

I've had some friends ask me about you, but I dodged sayin' 'her' or 'him'. I-it ain't my place to go around sayin' you're a girl if you don't want it gettin' out for whatever reason, y'know?

S-so...

[He let it hang at that. How this came to mind he didn't even know, but now that he thought about it, he should figure out what Minato uses, what the Agency uses...]