If Jack was joking, he was doing a damn fine job of completely bowling Charles over in the moment. Normally, there would be no question as Charles would have immediately scanned over Jack's thoughts without a second thought about it, but given his earlier attempt to scan outward and Jack's natural defenses, Charles would have to accept certain things with perhaps a grain of salt, but as truth. Jack seemed to have yet to lie to him, so it did earn him some credibility with Charles.

"You're not serious," Charles did comment back, trying to fathom the idea a partner that switched genders. It also told him something that he wasn't sure how it settled with him. Was it that in the future, the dating of other genders was more acceptable? For Charles, the Stonewall riots had only occurred a few years before and unrest was still powerful from it. "...Could he- she- ah, it- come out of the water?"