"I know many other places in our universe that have some sort of marriage, but I've never paid much attention to that."
Because she had been part of the invading force who brought civilization.
"And no, we don't. If you love someone, you... love them? Exchange pins or whatever. You could offer clientage if your lover needed it, but it wouldn't necessarily mean you were... oh, of course, in some situations people would assume... Anyway, you wouldn't do that with a social equal. I mean, there are romantic dramas about that, some poor, provincial but very honourable person who gets the attention of someone from a wealthy family, and well, of course the family don't want that connection. Anyway, no one expects anyone to have children for them or to not have other lovers."
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Because she had been part of the invading force who brought civilization.
"And no, we don't. If you love someone, you... love them? Exchange pins or whatever. You could offer clientage if your lover needed it, but it wouldn't necessarily mean you were... oh, of course, in some situations people would assume... Anyway, you wouldn't do that with a social equal. I mean, there are romantic dramas about that, some poor, provincial but very honourable person who gets the attention of someone from a wealthy family, and well, of course the family don't want that connection. Anyway, no one expects anyone to have children for them or to not have other lovers."