There is no way to have a "reasonable conversation," the mooted goal, if it doesn't start from the position that trans people are real.

If impartial means refusing to admit that then I am resolutely partisan, and we all need to be, this is basic humanity.

I am uncertain if the bulette or owl bear are intended as examples of things that would frighten a mount, or as examples of mounts that would not be frightened. Either way, I am listening.