"Axel makes stupid jokes when he's nervous and Zoom terrifies him." Of course. Zoom terrified everyone. Hartley decided to leave it at that, but it was the first seed. He'd get Axel and them all out of here, to the safest place possible. Then he could decide what to do and how much to risk. "I'm not about to become an idiot, I've been with trans guys, they're guys, you're a guy, I don't differentiate. Not that I'm saying I want to be with you." Great turn of this talk. "Just that I think of you as just as manly as before."