"Perhaps I lost both." Sebastian looked down at his map again, pretending there wasn't a deeper meaning to his words. "If you discover the secret you must share it with me."

And then he said it out loud to a stranger, something he had taken years to say outloud to his own father after his initial reaction, "I'm gay and I can't tell the difference."

Maybe it wasn't considered brave when the person you were saying it to was also gay. It wasn't as easy when Jack wasn't there to give him the courage. But it felt easy. Easier. And he felt strangely calmer and less worried about being lost in a strange place surrounded by strangers.