Eventually Nanook figured that Marissa was going to figure out what he was doing to her. She was going to figure out everything that he had planned for her mind. He wanted to make sure that she wasn't going to mind it before they got to that point, however. That was one of his big goals in all of this.<br/><br/>The immediate big goal was to get through breakfast. It would have certainly made her trust him much more. On top of this, he was hungry. She had been nice enough to make this all for him as well. Ultimately she probably should have even brought up what she knew about how wolves mated for life and such. Nanook would have been impressed with her knowledge, and it would have provided them a common frame of reference.<br/><br/>Fortunately it might have even let him avoid giving out some of the long exhibition that he was going to have to in order to teach her all about the kinds of relationships that his people had. She was right about a few things, though. He would have mated with her for life and if they had a family, then he would have taken incredibly good care of them.<br/><br/>At this point, though, he was laughing as well. She seemed like she had wanted to keep things light for the time being. "Please, don't you feel free as it is to ask questions of anything you had wanted to? Maybe I need to make you feel a little more open in that case, what do you think?" That made Nanook laugh a little bit as he glared at her fingers. "Hmm, I'm not sure, do you think that I can be trusted not to bite your fingers again?"<br/><br/>Once he had said this, he started to act like he was going to nibble them. It was clear that it was just a joke, however.<br/><br/>"Did that ruin everything already? I should probably admit that I haven't exactly had the best track record with relationships!"<br/><br/>When you had an unlimited lifespan, you had a tendency to remember your failures with that much more poignancy.