[Her eyes widen. That's horrible... All of it, and yet it's a painfully familiar story.] I went through something similar, when I became a beastman. I was an ordinary human once, but then after a car accident, I changed...

[She squeezes Junko's hand tight. Even if her hands are cold, at least the chroma shared between them from moonlacing is warm and comforting.]

People shot at me too, and I had to run away to somewhere safe. But there were nice people there who took care of me, and who accepted me for the new person I'd become.

So-- you shouldn't have to hide who you are either.