"Y...es, though my thing is a holy sacrament and your thing is a mental illness."

He's talking about trans people :) who are mentally ill :) :) as opposed to communion, the sacrament :) :) :)

Hi why the fuck is this here? We needed a transphobic main character fucking WHY exactly???

This in the middle of a book I was really enjoying feels like a slap.

Editing to add: a friend linked me to an interview with Pulley that helped me reconcile this point a lot! Sharing here https://youtu.be/QPzN2Gjn3eY?is=n1S7-JUaryjjNPWC