no 'they' in singular, other pronoun policies

Story/Agate.md

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 ## Character design (from PFP)
 
-- **agate** — Profile bust of a friendly yellow amphibian/dragon type: large paddle-shaped gill frills and two small nubs on top, freckles on the snout, big oval eye, tongue blep; chunky dark-brown textured outlines on flat light-blue ground—hand-drawn sketch look. **Lore hook:** he was originally **`AgateTheSandwing`**, nodding to Tui T. Sutherland’s *Wings of Fire*—treat the warm **sand-yellow** palette, **desert-dragon** silhouette (lean snout, light frill/sail read on the head, optional **tail** suggestion even if cute-stubby here), and dry, patient energy as a **SandWing** echo without quoting canon designs wholesale: same *kind* of creature as that namesake, filtered through your softer, guide-from-the-edge read.
+- **agate** — Profile bust of a friendly yellow amphibian/dragon type: large paddle-shaped gill frills and two small nubs on top, freckles on the snout, big oval eye, tongue blep; chunky dark-brown textured outlines on flat light-blue ground—hand-drawn sketch look. **Lore hook:** she was originally **`AgateTheSandwing`**, nodding to Tui T. Sutherland's *Wings of Fire*—treat the warm **sand-yellow** palette, **desert-dragon** silhouette (lean snout, light frill/sail read on the head, optional **tail** suggestion even if cute-stubby here), and dry, patient energy as a **SandWing** echo without quoting canon designs wholesale: same *kind* of creature as that namesake, filtered through the softer, guide-from-the-edge read.
 
 ## Character design (full reference sheets)
 
-Production canon for the **gauntlet / dreamscape** version of Agate—winged chimera read (feline + dragon + bird), soft palette, **femboy / graceful** silhouette. The old SandWing-sketch PFP above can stay as **early-internet** shorthand; these sheets are the **hero** design when you need consistency across shots.
+Production canon for the **gauntlet / dreamscape** version of Agate—winged chimera read (feline + dragon + bird), soft palette, **graceful, feminine** silhouette. The old SandWing-sketch PFP above can stay as **early-internet** shorthand; these sheets are the **hero** design when you need consistency across shots.
 
 **Sheet A**
 
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 - **Head:** Smooth **curved white horns**; **large pointed ears** with pink inner fluff; expressive mouth—**friendly grin** or, in profile beats, **open jaw** showing **sharp draconic teeth** and pink tongue (the “soft creature who can still bite”).
 - **Markings:** **White spiral** motifs on **haunches** (and shoulders on v2)—signature graphic read at distance.
 - **Limbs:** Slim legs; **dark pads**; claws short but clear; posture can shift from **demure side-glance** to **snarl / yawn** for horror-adjacent beats without redesigning the model.
-- **Wings:** Big **avian** wings—cream tops, **white** undersides; keep feather shapes readable in silhouette when he’s only a rim-lit shape in the stands or fog.
+- **Wings:** Big **avian** wings—cream tops, **white** undersides; keep feather shapes readable in silhouette when she's only a rim-lit shape in the stands or fog.
 
 **Direction for storyboards:** same creature as chat Agate—**patient, aloof, a little pretty**—but the refs add **predator honesty**: when the mask slips, you see teeth and draconic focus, not a different character.
 
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 ## Character Read
 Inside the captured archive, Agate reads as gentle, informed, and lightly loony rather than fully chaotic. The chat voice is full of soft confirmations, game knowledge, lurking energy, and amused side comments. Agate often sounds like a patient guide perched just off-screen, the sort of creature who knows the map, knows the pain points, and laughs quietly while you walk into them anyway.
 
-Your project notes help round that out: he predates the current JSON range and comes from the same older community orbit as Azure. That makes the sparse archive feel less like a first appearance and more like a brief window onto an already-established creature. The overall vibe is more hooded witness than frontal attacker: a low-key helper with a sly sense of humor and a taste for suffering-heavy games.
+Your project notes help round that out: she predates the current JSON range and comes from the same older community orbit as Azure. That makes the sparse archive feel less like a first appearance and more like a brief window onto an already-established creature. The overall vibe is more hooded witness than frontal attacker: a low-key helper with a sly sense of humor and a taste for suffering-heavy games.
 
-**Discord DM layer (Raincloud):** In private, the same creature reads **more staccato** than Rain: shorter median lines, lots of **acknowledgment and affect** (affirmations, “mood,” playful filler, expressive punctuation habits). He is not trying to “win” the conversation length—he **holds space** and reacts. Automated pass over export text (word + theme hits, not quoted logs) shows **life-processing** and **community/meta** threads alongside games; **politics** and **identity/gender** also surface enough to treat Agate as someone Rain **thinks with**, not just jokes with. That supports your canon beat that Agate **knows more than he shows on stream** without turning him into a lore dump character—he can be quiet in public and still carry weight in private continuity.
+**Discord DM layer (Raincloud):** In private, the same creature reads **more staccato** than Rain: shorter median lines, lots of **acknowledgment and affect** (affirmations, "mood," playful filler, expressive punctuation habits). She is not trying to "win" the conversation length—she **holds space** and reacts. Automated pass over export text (word + theme hits, not quoted logs) shows **life-processing** and **community/meta** threads alongside games; **politics** and **identity/gender** also surface enough to treat Agate as someone Rain **thinks with**, not just jokes with. That supports your canon beat that Agate **knows more than she shows on stream** without turning her into a lore dump character—she can be quiet in public and still carry weight in private continuity.
 
 ## Battle Royale Function
 Agate fits as the eerie guide: soft-spoken, observant, and probably more dangerous than the volume suggests.
 
 ## Identity
 - Age / maturity: Younger than Rain, likely early twenties; maturity reads as restrained, aloof, and quietly knowing.
-- Sex / gender: Trans MTF in your canon.
+- Sex / gender: **Trans MTF** in canon.
+- **Pronoun policy on-page:** **`she/her` exclusively.** No exceptions. This applies to all narration, action lines, dialogue cues, character notes, and writer-meta sections of this profile. Never `he/him/his` for Agate in any committed file.
 - Sexuality: Unspecified.
-- Notes: Rain still instinctively pictures Agate through a femboy-coded lens, which may matter more to the character design than literal demographic categorization. Original online handle **`AgateTheSandwing`** (see Character design) ties him to *Wings of Fire*’s SandWings in spirit, not as a one-to-one lift. Full **reference sheets** under *Character design (full reference sheets)* are the production target for the winged chimera look.
+- Notes: Rain (the writer) still privately reads Agate as male due to long personal history and neurodivergence-driven pattern lock—he has flagged the difficulty for himself. For this short film and any public-facing material, **respect Agate's preference: feminine pronouns only.** Original online handle **`AgateTheSandwing`** (see Character design) ties her to *Wings of Fire*'s SandWings in spirit, not as a one-to-one lift. Full **reference sheets** under *Character design (full reference sheets)* are the production target for the winged chimera look.
 
 ## Relationships
-In the captured archive, Agate's clearest live tie is to Azure, with smaller signs of easy coexistence around Beanie. Combined with your note that Agate and Azure come from the same older community orbit, he reads less like a stranger and more like an old satellite re-entering the court after a long gap.
+In the captured archive, Agate's clearest live tie is to Azure, with smaller signs of easy coexistence around Beanie. Combined with your note that Agate and Azure come from the same older community orbit, she reads less like a stranger and more like an old satellite re-entering the court after a long gap.
 
 **Raincloud (private):** A long **Discord DM** thread exists between Raincloud and LoonyAgate (see *Discord DM reference* below). That history is **not** visible in Twitch chat exports alone; use it when you need continuity for “old friend / knows your patterns / optional secrets” without forcing everything through stream logs.
 
 ## Regard for Raincloud
-Agate does not seem to chase Rain's approval. His tone is more guide-to-player than supplicant-to-king: helpful, amused, and quietly present inside the ruler's spectacle rather than trying to seize it. He feels content to advise from the edge of the arena.
+Agate does not seem to chase Rain's approval. Her tone is more guide-to-player than supplicant-to-king: helpful, amused, and quietly present inside the ruler's spectacle rather than trying to seize it. She feels content to advise from the edge of the arena.
 
 The DM archive supports the same read at a longer timescale: **peer-ish**, not chorus-creature—someone who knew Rain before the court formalized, even if Agate stays soft-spoken in public.