Nathan, he's not ever going to marry me. [Man, she had come a long way from being hurt that he would mention almost asking her! Masaomi should be proud of her!] Masaomi thinks that marriage is something that restricts people. To him it's not a celebration or a chance to let anyone who will listen know that we love each other as partners. A lot of pack-minded people are like that.
[She isn't becoming defensive because she's a grown ass woman and whether Nathan likes or agrees with it or not, she belongs with Masaomi. But she also knows he's being petulant, to some degree. Getting angry would only fan his not so proverbial flames.]
Masaomi loves me. He's given me all of him, a beautiful family in both our kids and our pack, stability, and his life. We're married in the ways that count, he's given just as much as I have. And you seem to be forgetting that I sleep with other people, too.
[The trick here being that Nathan, more than anyone, would know how unnatural that was for her. Nariko's devotion was nothing if not utterly riddled with a near insane amount of loyalty, but she had to give the defense a try.]
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[She isn't becoming defensive because she's a grown ass woman and whether Nathan likes or agrees with it or not, she belongs with Masaomi. But she also knows he's being petulant, to some degree. Getting angry would only fan his not so proverbial flames.]
Masaomi loves me. He's given me all of him, a beautiful family in both our kids and our pack, stability, and his life. We're married in the ways that count, he's given just as much as I have. And you seem to be forgetting that I sleep with other people, too.
[The trick here being that Nathan, more than anyone, would know how unnatural that was for her. Nariko's devotion was nothing if not utterly riddled with a near insane amount of loyalty, but she had to give the defense a try.]