"Well, it was a joke..." She quickly moved on before he misunderstood, "... but I'd have no problems doing it for real. It's not like I'm some blushing virgin, after all. In my time I've done a lot of things, and people, and vice versa. I like you, and that's rare, as I've got a lot of hurt from liking people, because they always end up leaving, usually by living out their full life spans. So I try to stay aloof, though i have to admit I'm not very good at it."<br/><br/>She wasn't really talking to him anymore. "But the alternative is the handful of other immortals, and that's just the problem. After a thousand years of knowing one another, you know everything they will do, as well as you know yourself. And while that's awesome for creatures in love, not the hormonal initial sort but the long term life long companion sort, I never found anyone among them I could form that kind of bond with."<br/><br/>"Being immortal sucks sometimes, but the alternative may be worse, so very few immortals ever go that route voluntarily." She shifted down to nude humanoid cheetah with him still lying on top of her now bulging belly, and hugged him close. "Sorry, right now I really need a hug!"