Chesh grinned at the DEE's suggestion of kissing Mari.<br/><br/>"Besides the reasons you've probably already figured out, it seems that Mari is one of the only people completely immune to my trickery, both illusions and charm, so yes, it's pretty much out," he conceded.<br/><br/>And then DEE asked him a deeply painful question.<br/><br/>Now, it wasn't really DEE's fault. Many human beings, who understand how sensitive a question like that could be had asked Chesh the very same thing. DEE, being several steps removed from any kind of sexuality would have no clue the can of worms he might have potentially opened with that question. With most humans, Chesh usually gave a flippant answer somewhere along the lines of 'because it's so much more fun,' but with the fledgling AI, there was some sort of real honesty and logic in the question that merited a similar answer. Cheshire simply sighed again, this time however with a weary smirk and a shake of his head.<br/><br/>"Well," Chesh said, "it's really very simple. A few fun fucks here and there with a person are simply entertaining, friendly, and often times mentally healthy as you've probably figured out looking into Dumas's brain. But a relationship? With a single person? That's a lot of trust to be putting into someone else's hands. Something else you've probably learned looking at Dumas's psyche is that when a human is that attached to another human, and their partner hurts them, weather on purpose or accident, that is a lot of pain to deal with." Cheshire kept his weary grin up and looked DEE right in his holographic eyes. "And one thing you'll probably learn about me if you haven't already is that I don't trust people that much. Not Dumas, not Red, not even our Mari who may be the most saintly person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I don't let people get close enough to hurt me like that. Not ever."<br/><br/>Chesh then flopped back into his chair, assuming a flippant, reflective manner before adding, "Besides, once you've done enough of it, you realize sex really isn't all that important to knowing someone. It's only the sexually repressed that put so much emphasis on it in a relationship." Then he grinned madly. "And it's really, really fun."