"I'm fine. The children will never know of this and neither will the women. It's fine." He stopped outside the barn and looked up at it. "Kitori ran away so we should be fine to walk in without you getting tackled." He opened the doors and lead Inaara in and through the barn to the back where Lorna, Yinxha, and the kids were out playing.<br/><br/>Animus blinked and help up both hands.<span style="color: #b30000"> "No, no! I was actually hoping that you would develop a proper relationship with him! He's lonely, you're lonely, and you both get along quite well even though he doesn't talk down to you like you... wait, I think that's not supposed to be said out loud. No, Jasmine, I never- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you." </span>She took a deep breath and shook her head.<span style="color: #b30000">"I'm still learning the order of mortal relationships. I was just under the impression that sex was an important lead in to a proper relationship because it would confirm physical compatibility. I was- I mentioned his morale because I thought you would want some tangible benefits to being with him. I hold all of High Priestesses with the utmost respect." </span>She nodded and quickly stuffed everything back into the bag.<span style="color: #b30000"> "I already have units set up to produce them by the thousands. Part of my proposal was also to have you um... test run it for it. It wouldn't break so there's no risk to you or anyone else but I- well I don't have pain or pleasure receptors so I don't know what it would feel like." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>