"Not that I'm aware of, though he doesn't always tell me about them. I think he's still a trace embarrassed about how he acted toward me as a youngster." She shrugged, and then Ember found herself under a slightly stronger stare. Still patient, still kind, still friendly, and yet somehow stripping her of her thick-scaled defenses like cracking open a geode. "Now, rather than beating around the bush... why don't you tell me why you're asking about Spike? And his love life in particular."