<span style="color: #666600">"You're immortal and will likely go through many mortal lives before you're comfortable around them." </span>She leaned against Order and rested her head on her wife's shoulder.<span style="color: #666600">"No amount of power can protect a mortal from that. You'll hurt her, you'll tear her to shreds and crush the remains into the mud. You'll make her want to die. What's important is you being able to pick her back up after you knock her down. Do you really believe that? That she can find another mortal who can care for her? That someone will understand her better? You think someone else will see her suffering or know when she's sick or needing help? Like I told Elune with her mate, you can't control who they love. If you let them love you they're your responsibility for better or worse. You can cut her out of your life and hope she survives, or you can use her life as a learning experience to better prepare yourself for the next mortal to find their way into your life."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>